King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz
arrives in Beijing at noon Sunday, kicking off his three-day state
visit to China as guest of President Hu
Jintao.
It will be the first ever visit of the Saudi Arabian king to
China since the two countries established their diplomatic
relations in 1990.
This will also be the first official visit that the King has
ever made to another country since he came to the throne.
During his stay in Beijing, President Hu Jintao, top legislator
Wu
Bangguo and Premier Wen
Jiabao will meet or hold talks with him respectively for an
exchange of views on such issues as the further expansion of
bilateral cooperation in energy, economic and trade areas.
(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2006)