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'Nostalgic' Bush, Hu, discuss NKorea, Obama
AFP - Saturday, November 22
LIMA (AFP) - - Chinese President Hu Jintao has thanked US President George W. Bush for improving Sino-US ties and said he hoped Barack Obama will follow suit upon taking office January 20, a Chinese official said.
As they opened their last meeting as heads of state, Bush allowed he was "a little nostalgic" about his ebbing time in office but declared that relations were "on solid ground," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Friday.
The two leaders discussed the global financial crisis, the work ahead in six-country negotiations to shutter North Korea's nuclear programs, and longstanding issues like Taiwan and Beijing's spotty rights record, she said.
No breakthroughs were announced after the closed-door discussions, which took place on the sidelines of the annual 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Hu "expressed appreciation" for the "advances in ties achieved in the past few years," and said he hoped Obama would keep relations on track and respect Beijing's views on Taiwan, said China foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao.
Hu "expressed hope that the next US administration can recognize the importance of China-US ties and at the same time recognize the importance of the Taiwan issue to China-US ties," he told reporters.
China considers Taiwan, where defeated nationalists fled in 1949, to be part of its territory and demands that all nations recognize only Beijing as the legitimate government.
Bush told Hu "he felt very comfortable in their personal relationship and that he believes the relationship between our two countries is on solid ground," said Perino.
The US president had gone into the closed-door meeting eager to get China, which hosts the six-country talks, to call a new round in early December to cement a blueprint for verifying North Korea's nuclear disarmament.
"We understand they're working on an early December head of delegation meeting," Perino said afterwards.
Washington wants those talks to make sure all six parties -- China, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea, and the United States -- support a mechanism for verifying that Pyongyang is disarming according to plan.
The US president was to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday, and head home Sunday after APEC talks conclude.
The two leaders also discussed the global financial meltdown, noting "the need to reject protectionism, and the work ahead for a successful framework agreement for the Doha round (of global trade talks) this year," said Perino.
And Bush "raised the issue of the need for increased market access commitments," she said.
The US president also "encouraged the Chinese to continue their dialogue with the Dalai Lama" about the fate of his homeland of Tibet and "also expressed his long standing commitment to religious freedom," said Perino.
Bush reiterated US policy towards Taiwan, and the two leaders also discussed "continued cooperation" on issues like Iran's suspect nuclear program, turmoil in Zimbabwe and Sudan, and pressure for reforms in Myanmar, she said.
They also agreed that the US-sponsored "major economies" forum "is the way to move forward to address the challenges of climate change," she said.
Bush also gave Hu "warm regards" from his father, former US president and former US ambassador to Beijing George Bush.
Hu voiced hope that Bush, after he steps down, "can come to China often to continue to have a positive influence on China-US ties."
The vastly unpopular US leader planned a vigorous defense of his foreign policy over eight years in office, before Obama takes over and inherits wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global economic crisis.
"I have given it my all," Bush said in an interview with Peru's America TV. He was to echo that theme in a speech Saturday to APEC.
Bush also hoped to get APEC members to sign on to the declaration by the Group of 20 -- the world's major rich and developing nations -- of core principles for managing the global economic crisis, aides said.
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