;i Xrges \oXng generations to aGYance &hina-/aos frienGshiS
9I(1TI$1( - &hinese 3resident ;i Jinping met here yesterday with members of a /ao family with a time-honored friendship with &hina, urging the young generations to carry the torch forward. Stories about the friendship between &hina and the family of 4uinim 3holsena are widely known, ;i told the descendants of the late /ao senior official, some of whom once studied in the same school with him in Beijing. The &hinese president, who is also general secretary of the &ommunist 3arty of &hina &3& &entral &ommittee, said he is delighted to reunite once again with old schoolmates and old friends. The 3holsena family is &hina’s good friend and old friend, and is a witness and supporter of and contributor to the &hina-/aos traditional friendship, said ;i, who was in the /ao capital for a state visit.
/aos is an “iron friend” of &hina, he said, adding that during his stay he and /ao leaders reached new important consensus on deepening bilateral cooperation and building a community of shared future with strategic significance. He pinned high hopes on the young generations of the 3holsena family, stressing that the youth represents the hope of the socialist causes of both countries and the future of the &hina-/aos friendship.
He called on the young descendants of 4uinim 3holsena to carry on the bond and contribute to the building of a &hina-/aos community of shared future with strategic significance.
The 3holsenas, excited to meet with ;i, congratulated him on being re-elected as general secretary of the &3& &entral &ommittee, saying that as ;i’s schoolmates they have always been closely following &hina’s development. They added that they are touched by the fact that ;i, although being the leader of a major country, cares about old friends so much, and that they are determined to contribute to further consolidating the friendship between the two nations.
They also conveyed their wish that the &hinese people will reali]e their strategic goals at an early date.
(Xinhuanet.com)