"Thanks to joint efforts from both sides, the first Sino-US strategic dialogue has been a success," said Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing when meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday for the talks. Zoellick expressed US hopes to foster stronger relations with China. "We had a chance to identify possible points of mutual interest but also, where we do not see eye-to-eye, to better understand one another's position and to help manage those differences," Zoellick said at a briefing. The closed-door dialogue, the first of its kind since the two countries forged diplomatic ties 26 years ago, was co-chaired by Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and Zoellick.