Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite (R)shakes hands with He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, June 15, 2010.
(Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite on Wednesday pledged to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries.

The two leaders made the pledge as the two leaders exchanged congratulatory messages celebrating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations.

In his congratulatory message, Hu noted that China-Lithuania relations have developed healthily and smoothly over the past 20 years. Frequent contacts between the two countries' leaders have deepened mutual understanding and trust.

Hu said Lithuania has been China's largest trade partner in the Baltic region for years with increasingly expanded cooperation in economics and trade.

Both countries have witnessed fruitful cooperation in the fields of culture, education and sports. They also maintain good communications and coordination within the United Nations and other international organizations, Hu said.

China will work with Lithuania to continuously advance and deepen their bilateral friendly and cooperative relations based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, he said.

Grybauskaite said in her message that the Lithuania-China relationship has yielded significant results, particularly in their cooperation in economics and trade, culture, and sports.

She said Lithuania will deepen its mutual beneficial cooperation with China in order to benefit the two countries.

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