PARAMARIBO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior CPC official Li
Changchun arrived in Paramaribo Tuesday afternoon, starting a goodwill visit to
this Caribbean country.
Li, member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, is the highest
ranking Chinese official who visited Suriname in recent years.
In a statement released at the airport, Li said his
visit is aimed to enhance mutual understanding, deepen friendship, expand common
ground and promote cooperation.
The Chinese government places great importance to the
friendly and cooperative relations with Suriname, which it regards as a "good
friend" and "good partner" in the Caribbean region.
Li is to meet with President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan
and other significant figures of the government, parliament and political
parties of Suriname during his stay in Paramaribo. Li said he is expecting to
exchange view with them on issues of common concern in a frank and friendly way.
Suriname is the third leg of Li's visit to Latin
America, which has brought him to Mexico and Venezuela and will continue to
Peru.
During his three-day visit to Venezuela, Li received
warm welcome from President Hugo Chavez Frias and other members of the
government, parliament and major political parties. The two sides signed a
number of economic deals and vowed to strengthen their strategic partnership.
CARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- China focuses on
achieving mutual benefits when carrying out economic cooperation with Venezuela,
an senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Sunday.
Li Changchun, who flew in here for a goodwill visit
to Venezuela Sunday afternoon, paid a visit to the office of CNPC America Ltd.
in Venezuela immediately after his arrival in Caracas.
After listening to a briefing about the company's
operation in Venezuela and in other parts of the world, Li said Chinese
companies should precede from the win-win principle of mutual benefits to carry
out economic cooperation outside China. Full story
CARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior
official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), arrived on Sunday in Caracas to
begin a three-day visit to Venezuela to boost relations between the two nations.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, was met by Venezuela's Foreign
Minister, Nicolas Maduro, and Ju Yinjie,
China's ambassador to Venezuela, at Maiquetia International Airport, 30 km from
Caracas. Full story
CARACAS, March 25
(Xinhua) -- Senior official of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Li Changchun
arrived in Caracas Sunday afternoon, starting a goodwill visit to Venezuela.
Venezuela is the second leg of
Li's Latin America and Caribbean trip, which has led him to Mexico and will
continue to Peru and Suriname. Full story
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