Chinese President Closes
Cuba Visit
Havana - Chinese
President Hu Jintao
concludes his Cuba visit
Wednesday to head for
Peru, where he will
attend the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Summit.
The Chinese president
began his third Cuba
visit on Monday, the
second as chief of
State, after he signed
16 cooperation
agreements during his
previous stay in 2004.
Hu came from Costa Rica,
where he paved the way
for a future free trade
agreement, and will meet
with other APEC leaders
on the weekend.
On Tuesday, he held a
fraternal meeting with
Cuban Revolution leader
Fidel Castro, an
expression of bilateral
friendship links.
Shortly before, he had
held official talks with
his Cuban peer Raul
Castro, after visiting a
school where 1,000
Chinese students are
learning Spanish.
"Our friendship ties
have increased in recent
years, along with
cooperation in several
fields, with fruitful
results," he said.
After the official
talks, Raul Castro and
Hu Jintao, along with
the rest of the Chinese
delegation and Cuban
leaders at the meeting,
attended the signing of
several agreements.
China is Cuba's second
commercial partner,
after Venezuela. |
