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During Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to China, he will attend major activities of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. There will also be meetings and talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman Zhang Dejiang of the NPC Standing Committee and Chairman Yu Zhengsheng of the CPPCC National Committee. He will also attend China-Cambodia business trip forum. We hope and believe that his visit will help consolidate traditional friendship between the two countries and push forward our comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
China and Cambodia are neighbors enjoying traditional friendship, and established comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2010. There are frequent high-level exchanges and fruitful cooperation in different fields between the two countries. In 2016, President Xi Jinping and King Sihamoni visited each other, and Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Hun Sen had three meetings. All these gave a strong boost to the growth of bilateral relations. We believe that the bilateral relationship will achieve steady and all-round progress under the concerted efforts of both sides, delivering benefits to the two peoples and contributing to regional peace, stability and development.
At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Viktor will pay an official visit to China from May 12 to 16 during his attendance at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
During his stay in China, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman Zhang Dejiang and other leaders will meet and hold talks with him to exchange views on the bilateral relationship, the Belt and Road, China-Central and Eastern European countries cooperation and issues of common interest.
Hungary is one of the first countries to recognize and establish diplomatic ties with the new China. China and Hungary enjoy a long history of traditional friendship, vigorous practical cooperation and close people-to-people exchanges. The current relationship is faced with new opportunities. We believe that Prime Minister Orban's attendance at the Belt and Road Forum and official visit to China will help strengthen political mutual trust, complement each other's development strategies, advance the building of the Belt and Road, promote cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries, expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields and elevate the bilateral relationship to a new height.
Q: The ROK national election commission announced the result of vote counting on May 10. Democratic Party candidate Moon Jae-in was elected as new ROK president. What is China's comment on that? Does China want to work with the new ROK administration to improve the bilateral relationship?
A: President Xi Jinping has sent a message to President Moon Jae-in, congratulating him on becoming the 19th president of the ROK.
President Xi Jinping said in the message that the Chinese side attaches great importance to the ROK and the relationship with the ROK, stands ready to work with the ROK side to uphold the hard-won outcomes of the bilateral relationship, consolidate political mutual trust, properly address differences, enhance coordination and cooperation and push for the sound and steady growth of the relationship based on mutual understanding and mutual respect.
Q: It is said that the US once told China that they would arrange for a meeting with the DPRK if the latter stopped nuclear tests. Is that true? What has China done to facilitate direct communication between the US and the DPRK or multilateral talks?
A: Similar questions have been raised to us these days.
First, it is China's long-standing position that the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula should be peacefully resolved through dialogue and consultation. We have been in touch with all relevant parties, encouraging them to increase communication and contact and make joint efforts to bring the issue back to the track of dialogue and consultation.
Second, the Chinese side has noted remarks by the US on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, as well as the positive message conveyed through the remarks of peacefully resolving the issue through dialogue and consultation. We believe that relevant parties have also noted the remarks and the message, and will take them seriously.