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Li Zhanshu Cheap Kyle Korver Shirt , chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, holds talks with Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, president of the Portuguese parliament, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19 Cheap Larry Nance Jr. Shirt , 2018. (XinhuaYao Dawei)
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- China and Portugal on Monday vowed to facilitate their parliamentary exchange and cooperation in Beijing.


The pledge came as China's top legislator Li Zhanshu held talks with Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, president of the Portuguese parliament, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.


While hailing the healthy and steady development of bilateral ties, Li, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Cheap Tristan Thompson Shirt , said high-level political mutual trust between the two countries had become a distinctive feature of the bilateral ties.


It has become a good experience in developing China-Portugal relations to expand cooperation in opening-up and seek shared growth in cooperation, Li stressed.


"The relations of the two countries are stable and full of vitality, and there are broad prospects for cooperation in diverse fields, " said Li.


In the hope of further advancing bilateral ties, he called on the two sides to intensify mutually-beneficial cooperation in fields including the construction of the Belt and Road, and to communicate more and coordinate with each other on international affairs.


Li said China has announced a series of opening-up measures since the beginning of the year and stressed Portugal and all countries are welcome to share China's development opportunities for win-win outcomes.


"The Chinese NPC is willing to boost more institutionalized exchange and cooperation with the Portuguese Parliament and contribute to the two countries' relations Cheap J.R. Smith Shirt ," Li said.


The two legislative bodies should work to foster a good policy environment, protect the investors' legal rights and interests, support people-to-people exchange and promote local cooperation, to lay a solid social foundation for the China-Portugal friendship, Li added.


For Rodrigues' part, he said Portugal's cooperation with China has boomed in various areas and expressed his willingness to push forward the two countries' parliamentary exchange and cooperation.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday hailed a potential breakthrough in a decades-long territorial dispute with Russia Cheap Rodney Hood Shirt , after talks with President Vladimir Putin, Japan's foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.


""The prime minister said that today he could feel a breakthrough, he could make a breakthrough in the currently stagnated negotiation,"" Japanese foreign ministry press secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sochi on May 6, 2016 (AFP PhotoSergei Guneev) Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sochi on May 6 Cheap Brad Daugherty Shirt , 2016 (AFP PhotoSergei Guneev)

Tokyo-Moscow relations are hamstrung by a row dating back to the end of World War II when Soviet troops seized the four southernmost islands in the Pacific Kuril chain, known as the Northern Territories in Japan.


Japan and Russia's lingering tensions have prevented them ever signing a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities, hindering trade and investment ties.


Abe, in a rare visit by a G7 leader to Russia, met Putin for talks at his holiday residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi with their talks focusing on the dispute.


""The prime minister said that Mr Putin also shared ... the same feeling"" and the leaders ""agreed today that they themselves directly get involved in the negotiation,"" Kawamura said.


Putin and Abe agreed to ""promote negotiations by employing a new approach without being bothered by the old previous thinking Cheap Shaquille O'Neal Shirt ,"" Kawamura said.


""This is literally a new element,"" he said, without giving more detail.


""Japan is not just our neighbour, it is a very important partner for us in the Asian-Pacific region,"" Putin told Abe at the start of the meeting.


""We have certain questions that demand special attention, maybe for this reason we must devote special attention to building relationships Cheap Terrell Brandon Shirt ,"" the Russian leader added.


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