Wen's first Tajikistan visit in 14 years 'significant'
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-07 06:39
Chinese Premier's first Tajikistan visit in 14 years will exert significant
impact on bilateral ties, Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
"Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to Tajikistan will be the first of its
kind since the two countries forged diplomatic ties 14 years ago," Zhang Xiao, a
counselor of Chinese Foreign Ministry, told a news briefing on Wednesday.
The briefing came ahead of Wen's trip to Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany
and Tajikistan from September 9 to 16.
"The visit is aimed at deepening China-Tajikistan neighborly friendship,
beefing up the trade cooperation and crackdown on 'three evil forces' of
separatism, terrorism and extremism, " Zhang said.
Wen will hold talks with his Tajikistan counterpart Akil Akilov, exchanging
views on bilateral ties and issues of common concern.
The visit will result in the signing of a series of cooperative deals.
Wen will also attend the Fifth Meeting of Prime Ministers of the Member
States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), to be held in
Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe.
The meeting will focus on carrying out the consensuses reached by the heads
of SCO members at the June summit in Shanghai.
Established in 2001, the SCO groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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