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Hu leaves for 4 Asian nations, APEC summit
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-15 13:15
BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Wednesday afternoon
for a state visit to Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan from November 15
to 26.
While in Vietnam, Hu is also expected to attend the 14th Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting to be held in Hanoi
from November 17 to 19.
Hu is to pay the state visit as guest of General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh and Vietnamese President Nguyen
Minh Triet, General Secretary of Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Lao
President Choummaly Sayasone, Indian President Abdul Kalam and Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf.
Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan are good neighbors of China and
bilateral ties have maintained a good momentum of development, said
assistant foreign minister Cui Tiankai prior to Hu's departure.
"Hu's upcoming visit will be of great significance and exert far-reaching
impact on pushing forward relations between China and its four Asian
neighbors," he said.
According to Cui, it is Hu's first ever visit to Vietnam and Laos after
the two countries' ruling parties have their new leaders.
It is also the first visit by the top Chinese leader to India and
Pakistan in a decade.
Hu is also scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and
US President George W. Bush at the APEC summit in Vietnam, exchanging
views on bilateral ties and on international and regional issues of
shared concern.
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