President Hu's Arab-African visit fruitful: FM
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-30 08:57 Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Saudi
Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya on April 22-29 was of great significance to
the development of relations between China and the four nations, Foreign
Minister Li Zhaoxing said in Nairobi Saturday.
Li said President Hu's Arab-African tour, following a visit to the United
States, has achieved the desired goal of consolidating traditional friendship
between China and the four nations, enhancing mutual trust and expanding
mutually beneficial cooperation.
The visit ushered in a new situation featuring the development of mutually
beneficial relations between China and Arab, African nations and developing
countries at large, Li said.
He said President Hu held in-depth talks with leaders of the four nations and
exchanged views with them on bilateral ties and regional and international
issues of common concern.
During the tour, the president made important speeches on how to boost
China's links with the Arab and African nations under the current situations,
and met entrepreneurs, students as well as public representatives, Li said.
China signed 28 accords with the four countries, which covered a variety of
fields including politics, security, economy and trade, energy, education,
health system, culture and tourism during Hu's visits.
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