Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Nanning on Sunday to
attend a China-ASEAN summit scheduled on Monday in Nanning, capital
of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The summit is to mark the 15th anniversary of the China-ASEAN
dialogue relations. Premier Wen Jiabao and leaders from ASEAN
countries will attend the summit, widely believed to outline the
future relationship between China and ASEAN.
Wen will hold bilateral meetings with the ASEAN leaders
respectively on the sidelines of the summit.
A joint statement will be inked by China and ASEAN members upon
the conclusion of the summit, aiming at summing up the development
of China-ASEAN relations over the past 15 years and charting their
future cooperation blueprint.
Hassanal Bolkiah will also attend the third China-ASEAN Expo to
be opened here on Tuesday. This is the first time for him to attend
the Expo.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2006)
