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Mubarak, Wen discuss economic ties
(AP)
Updated: 2006-06-18 19:18
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen
Jiabao on Sunday discussed ways for the two countries to boost economic
and trade relations.
The meeting came a day after Wen and his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed
Nazif, signed 10 agreements on oil and natural gas, telecommunications
and the resumption of Egyptian citrus exports.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center front, and Egyptian Prime Minister
Ahmed Nazif, right, attend the inauguration ceremony of cooperative
projects between China and Egypt in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Saturday,
June 17, 2006. Wen arrived in Cairo Saturday afternoon for a two-day
official visit. [AP Photo]
China also agreed to give Egypt a US$50 million loan and a US$10 million
grant to build an investment headquarters in an industrial area northwest
of the Gulf of Suez.
In Sunday's meeting, Wen told Mubarak China was ready to increase
investment in Egypt, especially in oil, natural gas and
telecommunications industries, said presidential spokesman Suleiman Awwad.
Mubarak assured Wen of Egypt's policy of recognizing one China, Awwad
said. The two also discussed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and
the situation on the Korean Peninsula, he said.
Trade between Egypt and China topped US$2 billion in 2005, an increase of
36 percent over the previous year. China has 186 projects in Egypt, with
a total investment of US$220 million.
Wen and Nazif attended celebrations Saturday night at the Great Pyramids
to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the two countries.
In 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser recognized China, making
Egypt the first Arab or African nation to do so, in defiance of US
efforts to discourage other countries from dealing with the country. The
United States established diplomatic ties with China after 29 years on
January 1, 1979.
After Wen's two-day visit to Egypt, he was scheduled to continue on to
Ghana, Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. .
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