Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Nanning on Sunday to attend a China-ASEAN summit scheduled on Monday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

 

The summit is to mark the 15th anniversary of the China-ASEAN dialogue relations. Premier Wen Jiabao and leaders from ASEAN countries will attend the summit, widely believed to outline the future relationship between China and ASEAN.

 

Wen will hold bilateral meetings with the ASEAN leaders respectively on the sidelines of the summit.

 

A joint statement will be inked by China and ASEAN members upon the conclusion of the summit, aiming at summing up the development of China-ASEAN relations over the past 15 years and charting their future cooperation blueprint.

 

Hassanal Bolkiah will also attend the third China-ASEAN Expo to be opened here on Tuesday. This is the first time for him to attend the Expo.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2006)