Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef (R) shake hands at the signing ceremony after their meeting in Cairo, capital of Egypt, June 17, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)

    CAIRO, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef on Saturday signed an implementation outline for deepening strategic and cooperative relations between the two countries.

    The document said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an official visit to Egypt on June 17-18 at the invitation of Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef, and during the trip, the two countries had an in-depth exchange of views and reached consensus.

    According to the outline, the two sides are satisfied with bilateral fruitful cooperation in all areas and reiterated that they will continue to work to enrich and deepen Sino-Egyptian strategic and cooperative ties.

    They agreed to keep constant high-level exchanges of visits and other kinds of contact in order to strengthen consultation and coordination on bilateral ties and major regional and international issues, it said.

    It said that they will work to perfect the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum and are willing to keep consultation on the buildup of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum in order to create all conditions for a complete success of the third ministerial-level meeting of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum to be held in Beijing in November this year, especially following Sino-African summit.

    The two sides believe that realizing peace and stability in the Middle East serves the basic interests of the people of all regional countries and is also conducive to world peace and development, it said, adding that the Chinese side is willing to continue to work with Egypt to safeguard regional peace and stability.

    It said that the two sides support the UN's reform to strengthen its role and authority, and they believe that such a reform should be carried out through in-depth and extensive discussions in order to seek consensus.

    The outline said that the Egyptian government reaffirms its adherence to the one-China principle and will not have any official ties with the Taiwan authorities, and Egypt opposes Taiwan's independence in any form and Taiwan's entry into regional and international organizations where statehood is required, adding that Egypt supports China's efforts to achieve reunification.

    The Chinese side speaks highly of such stances of Egypt, the outline said.