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Presidents of Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Niger arrive in Beijing for summit
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| 2006-11-02 12:08:59 ¡¡Source£ºXinhua | |
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Ghanaian president arrives in Beijing for China-Africa summit
Ghanaian President John Kufuor arrived in Beijing on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation. A total of 48 African countries with diplomatic relations with China are to attend the two-day summit, which is scheduled to open on Nov. 4. "It (the conference) will be very significant because... we will talk openly and frankly to each other, with a view to explore better chances of getting benefits both on the African side as well as for the Chinese side," Kufuor said in an interview with Xinhua before he left for the summit. Ghana and China restored diplomatic relations in February 1972. Kufuor visited China in 2002, while Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Ghana in 2006. Ghana is a destination country for Chinese citizens and tourist groups. China now ranks as the second largest exporter to Ghana, after Nigeria, with bilateral trade reaching 769 million U.S. dollars in 2005.
Kenyan president arrives in Beijing for China-Africa summit
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki arrived in Beijing on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. A total of 48 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China will participate in the two-day summit, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 4. China established diplomatic relations with Kenya on Dec. 14, 1963. Mwai Kibaki visited China in 2005, and Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Kenya in 2006. Kenya is now a tourism destination for Chinese tourists. Bilateral Trade totaled 475 million U.S. dollars in 2005.
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