On March 30, 2004, Dai Bingguo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, met with Katllani, visiting Advisor on Foreign Affairs to President of Albania, at the office building of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The two sides made positive remarks on China-Albania friendship that has remained strong through thicks and thins over the years and on the rapid development of bilateral relations between the two countries in recent years. They reiterated that it is in line with the common aspiration of the two peoples and the fundamental interests of the two countries to further expand their traditional friendly relations in the context of changed situations, expressing willingness to work together to actively promote the comprehensive development of bilateral relations between the two countries. Vice Minister Dai briefed Katllani on the current situation across the Taiwan Straits and expounded China's principled stance on the Taiwan issue. Katllani reaffirmed that Albania would adhere to the one-China principle as always and continue to support China's reunification cause. This is a consistent guideline of Albania and will never change. Katllani highly complimented the huge achievements that China had scored in recent years and believed that Albania should learn from the experience of China in this regard.