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BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao on Saturday held separate meetings with presidents of three African
countries on the sidelines of the Beijing Summit, the largest diplomatic event
ever held between China and Africa.
The meetings between Hu and Equatorial Guinea Teodoro
Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Mali President Amadou Toumany Toure and Ethiopia
President Girma Wolde Giorgis were held after a grand opening ceremony at the
Great Hall of the People in the morning, where Hu and 41 heads of state or
government and senior officials of 48 African countries gathered.
With smiles and handshakes, Hu welcomed and thanked
the leaders for their participation in the summit.
He told the leaders that he believed that the two-day
summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will further strengthen
the China-Africa friendly cooperative ties.
While addressing the opening ceremony, Hu announced
eight new actions to assist Africa, including doubling 2006 assistance to Africa
by 2009, 3 billion U.S. dollars of preferential loans in next three years and
the exemption of more debt owed by poor African countries.
The three African leaders said Hu's speech in the
morning demonstrated Chinese government's and its people's determination to
further China-Africa cooperation.
The African leaders also reiterated their countries'
firm stance on the one-China policy, saying there is only one China in the world
and they wish China realize national reunification at an early date.
The summit is expected to pass a Beijing declaration
and an action plan for 2007-2009.
Chinese president meets Equatorial
Guinean president
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the
Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 4, 2006.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is in Beijing for the two-day Beijing Summit
of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), opened on Nov. 4.
(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to further expand
economic and trade cooperation with Equatorial Guinea, President Hu Jintao told
visiting Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo here on
Saturday.
During a meeting with Obiang after the opening ceremony of
the two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Hu said
China hopes to strengthen cooperation with Equatorial Guinea in some key areas
including infrastructure construction and bring real benefit to the two peoples.
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China values friendship with Mali:
Chinese president
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 4, 2006. Amadou Toumany Toure is in
Beijing for the two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation (FOCAC), opened on Nov. 4. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- China values the traditional
friendship with Mali and is willing to deepen bilateral ties, Chinese President
Hu Jintao told visiting Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure here on Saturday.
During a meeting with Toure after the opening ceremony of
the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Hu said China is
proud of having a sincere friend like Mali, one of the first south-of-Sahara
African countries to forge diplomatic ties with China. <<Full Story
Hu Jintao highlights China-Ethiopia
cooperative partnership
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 4, 2006. Meles Zenawi is in Beijing for
the two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
(FOCAC), opened on Nov. 4.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ato Meles Zenawi on Saturday, highlighting
comprehensive and cooperative partnership between the two countries.
Hu met Meles on the sidelines of the ongoing Beijing
Summit of the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which opened
earlier Saturday. <<Full
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