French president expected to visit China in late November

Source: Xinhuanet | 10-31-2007 16:42

BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Wednesday China welcomes a state visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in late November.

"I particularly mentioned in the talks that China warmly welcomes President Sarkozy to pay a state visit to China in late November," said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi when meeting press with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner after their talks.

Yang said this visit will be a great event for China-France relations this year and he and Kouchner discussed the preparation work for the visit, agreeing that the visit will surely make important achievements and greatly boost bilateral relations.

This will be the first visit by Sarkozy to China since he became French President in May this year.

Yang said China and France are friendly countries and enjoy a comprehensive strategic partnership. The two countries share broad consensus on bilateral relations and on major international and regional issues.

Kouchner agreed with Yang's comments, saying during President Sarkozy's visit to China, the two sides will have the opportunities to sign a lot of agreements of cooperation.

Editor:Zhang Ning