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Chinese Premier Winds Up Four-Nation Tour
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji left here Saturday by a special plane for Beijing, winding up his successful four-nation tour that had also taken him to Ireland, Belgium and Russia.
Kazakhstan Prime Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev and first Deputy Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov went to the airport to see off Premier Zhu.
During his visit here, the Chinese premier met with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and attended the first prime minister meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. On the sidelines of the SCO prime minister meeting, Zhu also met Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Tajikistan Prime Minister Akil Akilov.
Before arriving here, Zhu visited Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where he held talks with Kazakhstan Prime Minister Tokayev on boosting bilateral relations. Following their talks, the two sides signed a number of documents on expanding cooperation.
Kazakhstan is the last leg of Zhu's four-nation tour.
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