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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during their meeting in Kampala, capital of Uganda, June 23, 2006. (Xinhua Photo) |
KAMPALA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- China signed six
agreements with Uganda on Friday in a wide range of fields including economy,
trade, agriculture, education, and technology.
After a talk between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who
arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit to Uganda, and Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni, Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and Ugandan
Finance Minister Ezra Suruma signed the agreements.
Meanwhile, a Joint Communique was announced by
Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa at the State House in Kampala.
It said the two leaders had an in-depth exchange of
views and reached broad agreement on China-Uganda relations and international
and regional issues of mutual interest.
The two leaders expressed satisfaction with the
fruitful bilateral cooperation in all fields and agreed to keep high-level
contacts to boost mutual political trust, deepen business cooperation,
strengthen coordination in the multilateral arena.
The Ugandan government reaffirmed the Chinese premier
its one China policy and opposition of any attempt of "Taiwan independence" in
any form and Taiwan's attempt to join any international or regional organization
consisting only of sovereign states.
Wen also reassured Museveni of its support in
Uganda's efforts to maintain political and social stability and sustain economic
development.
The two sides expressed readiness to conduct closer
consultation and cooperation in international affairs, work together to uphold
the rights and interests of developing countries and promote global prosperity
and development.
Uganda welcomed the issuance of China's African
Policy and expressed its appreciation of China's readiness to establish and
develop a new type of strategic partnership with Africa featuring political
equality and mutual trust, economic win-win cooperation and cultural exchanges.
The two leaders agreed that the Beijing Summit of the
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held later this year would create anew
opportunity for boosting China-Africa relations and give greater impetus to the
common development of China and Africa.
Wen's visit here, the last stop of his seven-nation
Africa tour, which has taken him to Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of Congo, Angola,
South Africa and Tanzania, is the first official visit by a Chinese premier to
Uganda since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1962.
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