Top Chinese legislator arrives in Seychelles for official visit

    VICTORIA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Seychellois President James Alix Michel and Speaker of the country's National Assembly Patrick Herminie, Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo arrived here Wednesday afternoon to begin an official visit to the country on the final leg of his five-nation African tour.

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress(NPC), the country's top legislature, is greeted upon his arrival in Victoria, capital of the Indian Ocean archipelago, Nov. 12, 2008. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) Photo Gallery>>>

    In a written statement released at the airport upon his arrival, Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, highlighted the rapid development of the China-Seychelles relations in the past 32 years since the two nations forged the diplomatic relations, noting that the bilateral cooperation between the two nations have brought concrete benefit to the two peoples. Full story