Moroccan King Mohamed VI met in Marakach on Monday with visiting
top Chinese legislator Wu
Bangguo. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese
National People's Congress (NPC), was on a three-day official
goodwill visit to Morocco, the first by an NPC head since the two
countries established diplomatic relations 47 years ago.
The king praised the development of Morocco-China relations,
saying the long-standing, good cooperative ties can well be hailed
as a model of state-to-state relations.
He said Wu's visit will definitely further advance the further
development of bilateral ties in political, economic, trade and
other areas.
For his part, Wu hailed the development of bilateral ties,
saying former Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to Morocco in
1999 and the king's 2002 trip to China have opened a new chapter in
Sino-Moroccan friendly relations and laid a solid foundation for
the development of bilateral ties in the new
century.??
He said China's new central collective leadership attaches great
importance to developing friendly relations with Morocco and stands
ready to work with the Moroccan side to further strengthen
exchanges, boost people-to-people friendship, deepen mutually
beneficial cooperation so as to benefit the people of the two
countries.??
Wu also briefed the king on the China-Africa Cooperation Forum
and the Chinese-Arab Cooperation Forum, and the king said Morocco
will take an active part in the two forums.
King Mohamed VI said that leaders of many African countries
highly value China's Africa policy, and hope China will play an
even greater role in Africa and the Middle East.
Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, was
also present at the meeting.
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(Xinhua News Agency September 6, 2005)