With the exception of a short period in which the CPC forged party-to-party relations with far-right parties during the 1970s in an effort to halt "Soviet expansionism", the CPC's relations with European social democratic parties were its first serious efforts to establish cordial party-to-party relations with non-communist parties.
Unlike the tone of previous meetings, which had gotten increasingly contentious, the atmosphere at the one-hour-and-20-minute meeting on Thursday was cordial, officials from both parties said.
Her campaign focused on the poor governing performance of the KMT, that party's increasingly cordial relations with China, and the continued poor performance of Taiwan's economy.
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has raised China's human rights record and the impact of its imports on the UK steel industry at a meeting at Buckingham Palace with President Xi Jinping, which the party described as "cordial and constructive".
The Nigerian oil company said that its relations with oil companies were cordial and that "the strength each party brings to the partnership and the dividends outweigh the differences".
While George W. Bush was governor, between 1995 and 2000, a cordial détente between the political parties prevailed.
When I worked for the Labour party I had a cordial disdain for thinktanks and their staff.
The "two Ehuds," Olmert and Barak, had a cordial relationship, despite belonging to different parties.
So far there have been cordial declarations of appreciation by both parties but no commitment.
The rarity of such a cordial gathering of members of different parties was noted by the other public officials who spoke.
Every presidential election year, the nominees of the major parties vow to run cordial campaigns only to behave otherwise when the battle finally joins.
