Chinese President starts visit to Liberia
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-02-01 21:01
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, on
Thursday for a one-day state visit to the west African state.
During his short stay in Monrovia, President Hu and his Liberian counterpart
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will discuss ways of expanding friendly cooperation
between China and Liberia.
Bilateral relations have developed well since
the two countries resumed diplomatic ties in October 2003. The two countries
have forged mutual political trust, respect and support, accelerated economic
and trade cooperation and maintained close coordination on international
affairs.
China strongly supports Liberia's peace process and economic
reconstruction and appreciates its adherence to the one-China policy and support
for China's reunification.
Last year, Johnson-Sirleaf paid a state visit
to China and attended the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation.
President Hu, who arrived here from Yaounde, the capital of
Cameroon, is on an eight-nation tour of Africa that will also take him to Sudan,
Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and
Seychelles.
Earlier,
the Chinese president described his Africa trip as "a journey of friendship and
cooperation."
He said his current visit to Africa is aimed at
consolidating the traditional friendship between China and Africa, implementing
the agreements reached at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation last November, enlarging substantial cooperation and promoting
common development.
At the Beijing Summit, leaders of China and 48
African countries agreed to establish and develop a new type of strategic
partnership, featuring political equality and mutual trust, economic win-win
cooperation and cultural exchanges.
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