国内英语新闻:China, U.S. reaffirm commitment to promote new type of major-country ties

THE HAGUE, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Monday that his country is willing to work with the United States to keep the two nations on the right path towards building a new type of major-country relations.

Xi made the remarks while meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, ahead of a nuclear security summit.

It is the first meeting between the two presidents this year, who discussed issues ranging from development of bilateral relations, anti-terrorism cooperation to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and the Ukraine crisis.

They also exchanged views on intellectual property protection, RMB exchange rate, Internet security and the Iranian nuclear issue, among other things.