On the afternoon of November 1, Vice President Zeng Qinghong met with Minister Raymond Ramazani Baya of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the Great Hall of the People.

Zeng said that through a long period of time, China and the DRC treat each other as equals and cooperate sincerely on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the two countries are good friends of mutual trust. The Chinese Government appreciates and thanks the DRC Government in firmly supporting the Chinese side on issues as the Taiwan Question and Human Rights. It stands ready to further strengthen and develop the friendly relations between the two countries, continue to enhance bilateral exchanges, promote political mutual trust; make efforts to take advantage of the complementary feature in economy of the two countries and deepen economic and trade cooperation; always expand the exchanges in culture, education and health.

Baya noted that the DRC-China relationship is a model. The DRC Government thanked the Chinese Government for its support in realizing of peace and development in the DRC. It stands ready to have even closer political exchanges, expand economic and trade cooperation, enhance the coordination in international organizations and strengthen and develop the friendly relations between the two countries to bring benefits to the two peoples. Baya reaffirmed that the DRC will uphold the one China policy and firmly support China's great course of reunification.