CHINA / Nigeria
Chinese president ends visit to Nigeria
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-28 09:04
ABUJA -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday ended a two-day state visit
to Nigeria and left for Kenya,the last leg of his current five-nation
tour.
During his stay in Nigeria, Hu held talks with President Olusengun
Obasanjo. The two leaders exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations
and international and regional issues of common concern.
Hu also met with Nigeria's senior legislators and delivered a speech in
the Nigerian parliament on Sino-African relations and China's policy on
Africa.
The Chinese side treasures Sino-Nigerian relations, and will make
concerted efforts with the Nigerian side to push forward bilateral
friendship and cooperation, Hu said.
China and Nigeria established diplomatic relations in 1971. Bilateral
trade hit 2.83 billion U.S. dollars in 2005, up 29.6 percent year-on-year.
Nigeria is the fourth leg of Hu's five-nation tour, which has already
taken him to the United States, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
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