Beijing Summit concludes, some African leaders stay for meetings, exchanges
6/11/2006 16:23
The majority of African leaders are still in Beijing Monday for high-level
talks, meetings and further exchanges, after a high-profile summit concluded and
two landmark documents were inked Sunday afternoon.
On Monday, Chinese
President Hu Jintao will hold talks with presidents of South Africa and Algeria,
and meet with his counterparts of Benin, Togo, Eritrea, Zimbabwe and Niger, on
separate occasions.
Also Monday, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo will meet
with presidents of Egypt and Algeria, as well as prime ministers of Mauritius
and South Africa, respectively.
In separate meetings, Premier Wen Jiabao will
discuss issues of shared concern with presidents of Algeria and Egypt, as well
as his counterparts from Morocco, Angola, Mauritius, South Africa, Lesotho and
Cape Verde.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body,
will meet with president of Burundi, foreign minister of Chad and head of the
Economic and Social Council of Cote d'Ivoire.
High-level meetings and talks
will last until Tuesday.
Monday also witnesses the opening of an exhibition
on African commodities, an event sponsored by China's Ministry of Commerce to
showcase a wide variety of African goods including building materials, lumber,
food, light industrial products and handicrafts.
At least 100 businesses from
more than 20 African countries will participate in the exhibition, which is
aimed at expanding China's imports from Africa.
Six African leaders left the
Chinese capital for home on Sunday, while more are scheduled to leave in the
coming two days, either for home or to continue their China trip in other parts
of the country.
The two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation, the highest-profile gathering between Chinese and African leaders,
concluded Sunday after a declaration and an action plan for 2007-2009, had been
adopted.
The summit was attended by 41 heads of state or government and
senior officials from all the 48 African countries that have diplomatic ties
with China, as well as representatives from regional and international
organizations.
Xinhua News
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