Special report: President Hu visits 4 Asian nations, attends
APEC meeting
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and his
wife Liu Yongqing wave upon their arrival at the airport in New Delhi,
capital of India, Nov. 20, 2006. President Hu Jintao arrived in New Delhi
for a state visit to India.(Xinhua Photo)Photo Gallery
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DELHI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived here on Monday
for a state visit as guest of Indian President Abdul Kalam.
This is the first visit to India by a Chinese head of
state in 10 years.
In a written statement delivered upon his arrival at
the airport, Hu said China and India were close neighbors, and the friendly
exchanges between the two peoples dated back to ancient times.
In recent years, he said, China-India relations had
maintained sound momentum of all-round growth, marked by strengthened mutual
political trust, expanded mutually beneficial cooperation, broadened friendly
exchanges and good coordination in international and regional affairs.
Both China and India were large developing countries,
and good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation between China and India both
benefited the two peoples and contributed to peace and development in Asia and
beyond, Hu said.
He said this visit was to enhance friendship,
increase mutual trust, strengthen cooperation and chart the course for our
future relations. Hu looked forward to in-depth exchanges of views with Indian
leaders and public representatives on bilateral relations, as well as
international and regional issues of mutual interest.
He said he was convinced that this visit would
strengthen the countries' bilateral traditional friendship, enhance mutual
trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote the growth of the
China-India strategic and cooperative partnership.
India is the third leg of Hu's four-nation tour,
which has already taken him to Vietnam and Laos, and will also take him to
Pakistan.
He also attended the 14th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Meeting from Nov. 17 to 19 in Hanoi, capital of
Vietnam.
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