习近平会见斐济总理兰布卡

8月20日下午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华正式访问的斐济总理兰布卡。新华社记者 黄敬文 摄

新华社北京8月20日电(记者温馨)8月20日下午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华正式访问的斐济总理兰布卡。

习近平祝贺斐济男子七人制橄榄球队在巴黎奥运会上荣获银牌。习近平指出,斐济是最早同新中国建交的太平洋岛国,明年将迎来中斐建交50周年。近半个世纪以来,两国始终相互支持、相互帮助,成为大小国家平等相待、友好合作的典范。中方高度重视中斐关系,愿继续为斐济经济社会发展提供力所能及的帮助,同斐方一道把握两国关系大方向,推动构建中斐命运共同体,更好造福两国人民。

习近平结合兰布卡访问云南、福建、浙江三地情况和感受,介绍了中国在扶贫减贫方面的做法和经验。习近平强调,14亿多人民共同迈入全面小康社会,这是中国共产党领导中国人民取得的历史性成就,也是中国为人类减贫和发展事业作出的历史性贡献。在此过程中,我们做到了每个民族、每个地区、每个人都没有落下,充分彰显了社会主义制度集中力量干大事的政治优势,得到了全中国56个民族人民的衷心拥护和支持。当前,中国正在以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业,中共二十届三中全会就进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化作出战略部署。中国式现代化是坚持走和平发展道路的现代化。中国和斐济同属“全球南方”,中方愿为斐济等太平洋岛国应对气候变化提供帮助,加强发展合作,使太平洋成为太平之洋、友谊之洋、合作之洋。

8月20日下午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华正式访问的斐济总理兰布卡。新华社记者 翟健岚 摄

兰布卡祝贺中国体育代表团在巴黎奥运会获得优异成绩。兰布卡表示,我30年前就曾作为总理访华,此访期间赴云南、福建、浙江等地参访,亲眼见证了中国在习近平主席领导下在消除贫困和发展方面取得的伟大奇迹和巨大成就,深感敬佩。我希望学习借鉴中方先进理念和成功经验,尤其是深入基层,倾听人民声音,同中方加强减贫、基础设施、互联互通等领域合作。斐方赞赏中方坚持和平共处五项原则,支持习近平主席提出的系列全球倡议,愿同中方继续共建“一带一路”,促进太平洋岛国同中国关系发展,使太平洋成为太平之洋。斐方完全理解中方在台湾问题上的立场,将继续坚定奉行一个中国政策。

双方发表《中华人民共和国和斐济共和国联合声明》。

王毅参加会见。

Xi meets Fijian PM in Beijing, pledging to strengthen development cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka in Beijing on Tuesday.

Xi congratulated Fiji's Men's Rugby Sevens team on winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympic Games.

Noting that Fiji was the first Pacific island country to establish diplomatic relations with China and that next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties, Xi said that for nearly half a century, the two countries have always supported and helped each other, setting a good example of equal treatment and friendly cooperation between countries large and small.

China attaches great importance to China-Fiji relations and is willing to continue to provide assistance to the best of its ability for Fiji's economic and social development, and work with Fiji to grasp the general direction of bilateral relations and promote the building of a China-Fiji community with a shared future to better benefit the two peoples, Xi said.

Xi briefed Rabuka, who had visited Yunnan, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces prior to the meeting, on China's practices and experience in poverty alleviation. The completion of the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects for more than 1.4 billion people is a historic achievement the Chinese people have made under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and a historic contribution China has made to the cause of poverty reduction and the development of humanity, he stressed.

"In this process, we have left no ethnic group, region or individual behind, fully demonstrating the socialist system's political advantage in concentrating resources on major undertakings. We have won the heartfelt support of the people of all 56 ethnic groups in China," Xi said.

China is endeavoring to build itself into a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts by pursuing Chinese modernization that adheres to a path of peaceful development, Xi said.

Noting that China and Fiji both belong to the Global South, Xi said China is ready to help Fiji and other Pacific island countries cope with climate change, and strengthen development cooperation with them to make the Pacific Ocean an ocean of peace, friendship and cooperation.

Rabuka congratulated the Chinese Olympic delegation on its excellent performance at the Paris Olympics. He said he visited China 30 years ago as prime minister, and through his Yunnan, Fujian and Zhejiang tours this time, he witnessed the tremendous achievements China has made in poverty eradication and development under the leadership of President Xi.

Fiji is willing to learn from China's experience, and strengthen cooperation with China in poverty reduction, infrastructure and connectivity, he said.

Fiji appreciates China's adherence to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, supports the global initiatives proposed by President Xi, and is willing to continue the Belt and Road cooperation with China, promote the development of relations between Pacific island countries and China, and make the Pacific Ocean a peaceful ocean, Rabuka said.

He noted that Fiji fully understands China's position on the Taiwan question and will continue to firmly pursue the one-China policy.

A joint statement between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Fiji was issued. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)