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Hu praises Samaranch for promoting Sino-Spanish ties
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-14 15:27
MADRID -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday spoke highly of former
International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch's role in
promoting Sino-Spanish friendly relations.
At a meeting here with Samaranch, Hu said that the China-Spain Forum has
become an important platform for promoting cooperation between the two countries
and made positive contributions to friendly bilateral ties since its founding
two years ago.
As the Spanish co-chairman of the forum, Samaranch has made painstaking
efforts for the smooth running of the forum, Hu said.
Hu also highly commended Samaranch for his support to the development of the
Olympic movement in China.
Spain has accumulated experiences in hosting Olympics and othermajor sports
events, and China and Spain can strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the
run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008,Hu added.
Samaranch said that he is proud to have helped the development of the Olympic
movement in China and is convinced that the 2008 Olympic Games will achieve full
success.
The Chinese president, who arrived here Sunday on a two-day state visit to
Spain, also toured the facilities of Spanish telecommunications company
Telefonica in the northern suburbs of Madrid.
Hu said that Telefonica and Chinese telecom companies can complement each
other with their own advantages and achieve mutually beneficial and win-win
results.
Spanish Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Jose Montilla, who greeted
Hu during his visit to Telefonica, said thatSpain is looking forward to
expanding cooperation with China.
As one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world,Telefonica
has forged increasingly closer relations with China in recent
years.
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