China wishes to enhance cooperation with Ghana in key areas such
as infrastructure construction, telecommunications and human
resources, said President Hu Jintao in Beijing Friday when meeting
with Ghanaian President John Kufuor.
Kufuor arrived here for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on the
China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) slated for November 4-5.
In recent years, the China-Ghana relations have witnessed smooth
development, with frequent high-level exchanges and fruitful
cooperation in economy, trade, culture, education and public
health, said Hu.
It is very important for both countries to consolidate their
relations, said he, hoping mutual political trust be enhanced and
their cooperation follow the principles of mutual benefit and
gradual growth.
The high quality of the road and other projects that the Chinese
side helped construct in Ghana has received applause from the
Ghanaian people, who wish to enhance cooperation with China in
trade, investment, power development, information networks and road
construction, so as to fulfill win-win and mutual benefit, said
Kufuor.
Forty eight African countries that have diplomatic relations
with China are to participate in the two-day summit focusing on
"friendship, peace, cooperation and development". Since FOCAC was
established in 2000, economic and trade cooperation between China
and Africa has entered a new era, with comprehensive, rapid and
stable development.
On Friday morning alone, Hu rolled out red carpet at the Great
Hall of the People in central Beijing to welcome presidents of
Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Ghana. He is scheduled to
meet with another five African presidents later Friday.
(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2006)
