China, PNG agree on comprehensive strategic partnership

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds talks with Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Port Moresby, PNG, on Nov. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

PORT MORESBY, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O'Neill agreed on Friday to set up a comprehensive strategic partnership between their countries, featuring mutual respect and common development.

The decision was made during a meeting between Xi and O'Neill where they spoke positively of the traditional friendship between China and PNG and charted the course for the development of bilateral relations.