A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to pay a state visit to France.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a press release Tuesday that the invitation letter was handed to the Chinese President during France's National Assembly President Bernard Accoyer's visit to China last week.
Jiang Yu said the French President repeated in his letter that the two countries should strengthen cooperation in politics, economics, education, science and technology.
President Sarkozy is willing to step up communication and coordination with China on major international issues, especially the global economic crisis and reform of world financial institutions.
The spokeswoman said China highly values the development of Sino-French ties and is willing to work with the French side to maintain high-level visits and push for a steady development of strategic partnerships.
During his meeting with Accoyer on Friday, Hu Jintao said the Chinese government has always attached great importance to its relations with France.
Echoing Hu, Accoyer said France also valued relations with China.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated in last December when French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with the Dalai Lama in Poland.
China and France issued a press statement re-affirming the mutual importance of their relations on April 1, and restated adherence to the principle of non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
In the statement, France pledged not to support Tibet independence in any form.
The two leaders met in London ahead of the G20 summit on the global financial crisis.
This opened a new chapter in bilateral relations, Accoyer noted.
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