China, Germany ready to seek steady development of bilatral ties

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday met with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the two sides agreed to make continued efforts to secure the steady development of bilateral relations.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ongoing annual high-level debate of the United Nations General Assembly, which entered its fourth day here Saturday.

China-Germany relations have scored robust growth this year, Wang said, adding that the two nations should make continued efforts so that China-Germany relations could always take the lead among China's ties with other European countries.

To this end, he suggest the two sides maintain high-level visits, cement strategic mutual trust, advance all-round cooperation, further exploit their economic complementarities and promote cooperation in new-type industrialization.

"We should also facilitate personnel contacts and promote extensive exchanges between people from various circles of our societies," said Wang.

For his part, Steinmeier said the steady growth of the Germany-China relations is an important positive factor in a world afflicted with incessant conflicts and it is not only in the interests of bilateral cooperation in the coming years, but will also be conducive to world peace and economic growth.

China and Germany, he said, should maintain the sound momentum and keep adding fresh impetus so as to promote the development of bilateral relations.

The two foreign ministers also had an in-depth exchange of views on issues concerning Ukraine, Iraq, the Iranian nuclear program, among others.

They agreed that China and Germany should work for the comprehensive and proper political settlement of relevant issues.