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Chinese president meets world leaders in St.
Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao met here on Monday afternoon with some world leaders after
the outreach session of the G8 summit.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (5th L Front) and other
participants of the Group of Eight (G8) Summit and its outreach session
pose for a group photo in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 17,
2006. (Xinhua Photo) |
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According to Chinese officials, Hu met
French President Jacques Chirac and newly-elected Italian Prime Minister Romano
Prodi.
On Monday afternoon, Hu also attended a three-nation
summit together with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh.
China, Russia, India hold first trilateral
summit
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on Monday held a trilateral summit meeting, the first of its kind
among the three countries.
The summit was held after the conclusion of the outreach session of the G8 St. Petersburg summit and
the three leaders exchanged views on cooperation among the three countries,
according to Chinese officials.
At the summit, Hu said China, Russia and India, who
have set up bilateral strategic partnership among them, have vital influence on
the international and regional affairs. Full story
Chinese President Hu meets Russian
President Putin
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao met here on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two leaders exchanged views on deepening
bilateral ties as well as major international and regional issues, according to
Chinese officials.
Chinese President Hu Jintao(L) shakes hands
with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in
St. Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2006. (Xinhua
Photo) |
Hu congratulated Putin on successfully hosting the
outreach session of the G8 summit, saying that the meeting is of vital
significance to facilitate the relations between the North and the South,
promote multilateralism and to tackle the common challenges across the globe.
Putin said Hu has contributed a lot to the outreach
session of the G8 summit, adding that Hu's participation is of vital importance
to this summit.
During their meeting, Hu and Putin called for more
cooperation in energy between China and Russia.
Hu said that energy cooperation between the two
countries is facing vital opportunities for development.
He said that both countries are implementing the
energy diversification strategy and they can complement each other in various
aspects. "There is a great potential and bright prospects for both countries to
undertake cooperation on energy," he said.
The Chinese president said that some major progress
has been achieved on bilateral energy cooperation and that he hoped both sides
would make concerted efforts to implement major energy cooperation projects.
Putin hailed energy cooperation between Russia and
China, adding that substantial achievements have been scored in this field.
He said the the Russian side would take further
measures to actively promote economic cooperation with China, especially in
energy.
The two presidents also discussed the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue, calling for an early resumption of the six-party talks
to resolve this issue.
The two leaders urged various sides to view the issue
from the perspective of safeguarding peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula
and in the Northeast Asian region at large, demonstrate flexibility and resume
the six-party talks as soon as possible.
The two presidents also urged various sides to make
concerted efforts to realize the goal of making the Korean Peninsula free of
nuclear weapons through dialogues. Full story>>
Chinese, French presidents vow to
boost cooperation
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao and French President Jacques Chirac on Monday hailed the
ties between China and France, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation in a wide
range of fields.
Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) meets with French
President Jacques Chirac in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 17,
2006. (Xinhua Photo) |
The two leaders met on Monday afternoon after the
conclusion of the outreach session of the G8 St. Petersburg summit.
During the meeting, Hu said that the current ties are
among the best in the history of the relations between the two countries.
Chirac said he agreed to Hu's observation, noting
that the A320 general assembly line of Airbus would be set up in China, a new
starting point for the aeronautic cooperation between the two countries.
Hu said the bilateral aeronautic cooperation is a
strategic decision, which would exert vital influence on the bilateral economic
and technology cooperation.
The Chinese president hoped that relevant departments
from both countries would continue their efforts to launch the construction of
the relevant projects.
The two leaders also vowed to enhance cooperation in
energy technology.
Chinese president meets Italian PM
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Xinhua) --
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi after
the conclusion of the outreach session of the G8 summit on Monday.
This is the first meeting between the two leaders
after Prodi, a former president of the European Commission, won the election in
Italy to head the Italian government earlier this year.
Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) shakes hands with Italian
Prime Minister Romano Prodi in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 17,
2006. (Xinhua Photo) |
Hu said that China values its ties with Italy, vowing
to lift the bilateral cooperative relations to a higher level.
Prodi said building a priority relations with China
is an important policy of his government, adding that he would push forward
bilateral ties and make Italy a vital cooperation partner for China in Europe.
The two leaders also agreed to support the
communication and cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises from
both countries.
They said they would support bilateral culture
exchange programs like "the Year of Italy" in China. Enditem
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