Senior CPC official meets Congolese guests

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A Communist Party of China (CPC) senior official called for strengthening exchanges and cooperation with People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) of the Democratic Republic of Congo here on Monday.

Zhou Yongkang, a Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee member, praised the Democratic Republic of Congo for sticking to the one-China principal. He said bilateral relations had made steady progress over the past 30 years.

"CPC and PPRD are the ruling parties of their countries," Zhou said when meeting delegates of the PPRD. "The CPC would like to expand exchanges and cooperation with PPRD to help promote bilateral ties between our two countries."

Evariste Boshab, PPRD secretary general, said cooperation between China and the Democratic Republic of Congo brought fruitful advantages to the Congolese people. "We would like to see a deepening of all-round ties between the two parties and two countries," he said.

Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Central Committee of CPC, was present at the meeting.