Chinese president leaves Saudi Arabia for Morocco
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-24 14:46
Chinese President Hu Jintao concluded his three-day state visit to Saudi
Arabia and left Monday for Morocco in north Africa to continue his current
five-nation tour.
During the visit in Saudi Arabia, Hu held talks with Saudi Arabian King
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and other Saudi leaders.
The two sides reached important consensus on strengthening bilateral
cooperation in various fields and pushing forward the development of bilateral
strategic friendship and cooperation.
Hu, who is on his first state visit to Saudi Arabia, listed key areas for
bilateral cooperation at the present stage including the expansion of
cooperation in investment, energy, trade, culture and education.
The two heads of state also attended a signing ceremony for bilateral
cooperation documents after their talks in Riyadh Saturday.
Saudi Arabia is the second leg of Hu's five-nation tour which has already
taken him to the United States and will also take him to Morocco, Nigeria and
Kenya.
Saudi Arabia is China's biggest trade partner in West Asia, with their trade
volume last year reaching 16 billion U.S. dollars.
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