Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao Meets Senior Madagascar Officials ����Pictured here is Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao meeting on Sunday with Ange C.F. Andrianarisoa, President of the Madagascar National Assembly in Antananarivo. ����On the same day, Hu also held talks with Madagascar's Prime Minister Tantely Andrianarivo. ����In their talks, Hu said that China is satisfied with the smooth growth of Sino-Madagascar ties based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence. ����In the past 26 years since the two nations established diplomatic ties, high-level visit exchanges have increased while economic and trade cooperation has been fruitful, Hu noted. ����Andrianarivo expressed the belief that his country's poverty can be resolved through economic development, which he hopes will have China's support and cooperation. WorldNews 1999-01-25 Page6 Full Story in Chinese