The two-session roundtables of Chinese and African leaders
attending the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation (FOCAC) opened at the Great Hall of the People
in central Beijing Sunday morning.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, leaders of the forum's 48 African
member countries and African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar
Konare attended the morning session.
Two historic documents, a declaration and an action plan for
2007-2009, are expected to be adopted at the summit, with the
morning session chaired by President Hu and the afternoon session
chaired by Ethiopian Prime Minister Ato Meles Zenawi.
After the two sessions conclude in the afternoon, Chinese,
Ethiopia and Egyptian foreign ministers will jointly meet the
press.
(Xinhua News Agency November 5, 2006)