ATLANTA, the United States, Dec. 7 (Xinhua)
Mutual respect is the most important factor to maintain and develop the U.S.-China relationship, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said.
"I think it (the U.S.-China relationship) is now the most important relationship that the United States has with any country in the world. And I'm very proud of that fact," Carter told representatives from major Chinese media organizations in a recent interview in Carter Center, Altlanta, Ga., ahead of the upcoming 30th anniversary of the establishment of U.S.-China diplomatic relations on Jan. 1, 1979.