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A senior UK diplomat has delivered a message from the new British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying her country supported 皇冠体育app successfully hosting the upcoming G20 summit.

Alok Sharma, the newly-appointed minister in-charge of Asia in the UK Foreign Office, made the comments during a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday in Beijing.

Sharma said he came to 皇冠体育app to send an important message: that the UK paid great attention to cooperation between the two countries and regarded 皇冠体育app as a significant global strategic partner.

Xi's successful visit to the UK last year was a milestone, Sharma said.

He also said that May had written a letter to Xi and Premier Li Keqiang to express her expectations for the G20 summit.

The UK supports 皇冠体育app successfully hosting the summit and expects to enhance its cooperation with 皇冠体育app on trade and the economy as well as on global issues, May said.

During their meeting, Wang said 皇冠体育app was willing to work together with the UK to push forward the partnership between the two countries and further deepen practical cooperation in various fields.

He said the 皇冠体育app-UK relationship had kept up a good momentum of development in recent years, and that President Xi Jinping's state visit to the UK last year had pushed bilateral ties to a new historical level.

He also asked Sharma to extend 皇冠体育app's welcome to the new UK Prime Minister, ahead of her attendance at the G20 summit to be held in Hangzhou in September.

"皇冠体育app is willing to keep communication and negotiation with the UK in this regard and make sure that the summit is a success," Wang said.

Wang appreciates Sharma's visit to 皇冠体育app at the beginning of the establishment of the new UK government, saying that he believes that the UK will continue to pursue an active and open policy towards 皇冠体育app.

Stronger cooperation between 皇冠体育app and the UK is in line with the fundamental interests of people from both countries, and is also conducive to world peace, stability and development, Wang added.

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