President Hu Jintao and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
agreed Thursday to expand cooperation between their countries. The
two leaders are attending the UN's 60th anniversary summit in New
York.
Hu said China and Algeria have always cooperated with and
supported each other in both bilateral and international affairs,
and the establishment and development of bilateral strategic
partnership is of significance under the current international
situation.
He said he hoped both sides will continue to make efforts to
enrich the contents of their strategic cooperation.
On the rapid growth of bilateral economic and trade relations,
Hu said China is taking measures to increase import from Algeria to
promote the sound and steady development of bilateral trade.
He pointed to bilateral cooperation achievements in energy,
telecommunications, communication, infrastructure and human
resources, saying the Chinese government will encourage more
Chinese enterprises to take part in the economic construction of
Algeria.
Bouteflika said Algeria pays much attention to bilateral
cooperation in various fields, and the two countries enjoy sound
political relations and expanding economic and trade
cooperation.
The Algerian side hopes to further explore bilateral cooperation
spheres to enhance bilateral strategic partnership, said
Bouteflika.
The two presidents, in discussing major international issues
such as the UN reform, also agreed to further strengthen
coordination and cooperation in bilateral and multilateral arenas
so as to better safeguard the just rights and interests of
developing countries.
Hu expressed his welcome to Bouteflika to visit China and
Bouteflika said he expects to visit China as early as possible.
(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2005)