Chinese president leaves Saudi Arabia for Morocco
24/4/2006 17:26
Chinese President Hu Jintao concluded his three-day state visit to Saudi
Arabia and left in Dammam , Saudi Arabia today 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 US$16 billion.
Xinhua
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