Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Holds Talks with Kenyan President

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L) shakes hands with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 18, 2011.(Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)

NAIROBI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan held talks with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in Nairobi on Friday, stressing that China would like to make joint efforts with Kenya to further promote the long-term, stable and reciprocal bilateral cooperation in various fields.

Wang relayed cordial greetings of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Kibaki. During their talks, Wang expressed his satisfaction with the continuous development of bilateral relations, adding that China-Kenya relations have witnessed fruitful and comprehensive cooperation in economy, trade, investment, culture, science and technology, tourism and media. He said China attaches great importance to bilateral relations and takes Kenya as an important cooperative partner in Africa.

He also said that China and Kenya have been supporting each other and building close cooperation regarding the issues of core interests and vital concerns. China appreciates that Kenya has been resolutely sticking to the one-China policy and lending precious supports to China on major issues.

Kibaki said it was his great honor to visit China and attend the opening ceremony of Shanghai World Expo in 2010, stressing that during the visit he had productive talks with President Hu.

He noticed that Kenya is ready to work with China to further deepen cooperation in different bilateral and multilateral fields, such as trade, development of green economy, the fight against climate change and piracy to benefit the two peoples.

After the talks, Wang and Kibaki attended the signing ceremony of agreements on economy, trade, investment, financial cooperation and public health between the two countries.

In the afternoon, Wang held a seminar focusing on deepening trade and economic cooperation with African countries which was attended by a group of Chinese enterprises and organizations operating on the continent.

At the invitation of the government of Kenya, a delegation led by Wang arrived here for official visit to Kenya from Thursday to Monday, which is also the first leg of the vice premier's three- African countries-visit followed by Zimbabwe and Angola.

Source: Xinhua