Danish PM greets China on Lunar New Year
( 2004-01-23 09:51) (Xinhua)
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday issued a written
statement, expressing his cordial greetings on Chinese Spring Festival.
Rasmussen said that on the occasion of the Chinese lunar New Year, he would
like to extend "the most cordial greetings" to all Chinese living in Denmark and
China, and hoped "the New Year would bring happiness and fortune" to them.
The prime minister highly commended the development of bilateral relations
between Denmark and China. Both countries had maintained good relations in many
areas and he hoped relations would be further strengthened in the New Year.
Rasmussen also said he was looking forward to his coming visit to China.
The visit had for a long time been a priority on his agenda. "I 'm looking
forward to having a first-hand impression of the rapid development in China," he
said.
On Wednesday, the municipal council of Copenhagen, the Danish capital, held a
party for Chinese living in Denmark to celebrate the Chinese lunar New Year.
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