Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, March 19, 2004
Chinese vice-premier visits Cambodia
Chinese Vice- Premier Wu Yi arrived in Siem Reap Friday afternoon to pay a five-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng.
Chinese Vice- Premier Wu Yi arrived in Siem Reap Friday afternoon to pay a five-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng.
Wu Yi was welcomed here by Sok An, Cambodia's senior minister, and other Cambodian officials.
The aim of Wu's visit is to promote bilateral trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. The two sides are expected to sign a package of agreements on bilateral economic cooperation.
Wu Yi is scheduled to fly to Phnom Penh on Sunday morning. She will hold a bilateral meeting with Sar Kheng, and to pay courtesy calls to Cambodia's acting Head of State and Senate President CheaSim, Prime Minister Hun Sen and FUNCINPEC party President Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
It is Wu's second leg of her four-nation tour to Southeast Asiaand South Asia that will also take her to Myanmar and Maldives. She had a three-day visit to Laos before she came here.