Iraq ready to promote ties with China: Talabani
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the newly-arrived Chinese ambassador Tuesday that Iraq is willing to expand cooperation and strengthen ties with China.
Talabani made the statement when receiving the credential from Ni Jian, China's new ambassador to Iraq, in his presidential palace.
The friendship between Iraq and China can be traced back to more than a millennium 1 ago and endured the test of time, Talabani said.
The recent years have seen increasing cooperation and exchanges between the two countries in multiple fields, bearing positive results and breakthroughs, he said.
Ni Jian said that China attaches great importance to the Chinese-Iraqi relations and is willing to broaden friendly ties with Iraq on the basis of equality and mutual 2 benefit.
n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世
- The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
- We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。