Chinese vice premier back home after three-nation-visit

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Chinese media) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li

Keqiang arrived in Beijing Tuesday morning after concluding official visits to

Indonesia, Egypt and Kuwait.

Li, as invited by Indonesian Vice President Yusuf

Kalla, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Nazef and Kuwaiti First

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad

Al-Sabah, paid the visits from Dec. 20 to 30.

China pledges to further cooperation,

friendship with Kuwait

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang(R,front)

visits the operation center of Kuwait's third mobile telephony network

contracted to build by China's Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in Kuwait

City, Dec. 28, 2008. (Chinese media/Rao Aimin)
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KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- China vowed here on

Sunday to further its pragmatic cooperation with Kuwait in the various fields in

a bid to step up the bilateral relations to a higher level.

In his meeting with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad

al-Jaber al-Sabah, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang called on the two

sides to promote high-level exchange based on equality and mutual benefit,

political mutual trust as well as cooperation on trade. Full story

Chinese vice premier arrives in Kuwait

on official visit

KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 27 (Chinese media) -- At the invitation of

Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak

Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Saturday evening

on a four-day official visit.

Li said in a statement delivered at the airport that he is

delighted to pay an official visit to Kuwait, noting that the relationship

between China and Kuwait, especially in the fields of trade, energy, finance and

culture, has witnessed remarkable growth since the two forged diplomatic

relations in 1971. Full story

Chinese vice premier proposes on

China-Egypt trade balance

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang

(L) addresses the openning ceremony of the Sino-Egyptian Joint Business

Council business forum in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 25, 2008. (Chinese media/Rao

Aimin)
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CAIRO, Dec. 27 (Chinese media) -- Visiting Chinese Vice Premier

Li Keqiang has proposed steps to realize trade balance between China and Egypt,

sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

China attaches great importance to the issue of trade

imbalance between the two countries, and China wants to develop "comprehensive,

balanced and sustainable" trade ties with Egypt, Li said in his speech at a

business forum Thursday in the Egyptian capital. Full story

Chinese Vice Premier meets Indonesian

President

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang

(L) meets with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) in

Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 22, 2008. (Chinese media Photo)
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JAKARTA, Dec. 23 (Chinese media) -- Visiting Chinese Vice Premier

Li Keqiang met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday

afternoon, calling on the two countries to step up partnership and tackle the

international financial crisis.

Li said that the development of cooperation between China

and Indonesia, both as important developing countries in the region, serves to

the significant purpose to promote peace and stability in the region and the

world. Full story

Chinese vice premier meets acting

governor of Jawa Timur, visits Suramadu bridge project

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Dec. 21 (Chinese media) -- Visiting Chinese

Vice Premier Li Keqiang met here with the acting governor of Jawa Timur Setia

Purwaka and visited the construction site of Suramadu bridge in Indonesia.

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Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang

(C front) applauds as he visits the construction site of the Suramadu (

Surabaya-Madura) bridge, which will be the longest of its kind, in

Indonesia, Dec. 21, 2008. (Chinese media Photo)
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During his meeting with Purwaka on Saturday evening,

Li voiced his hope that Jawa Timur could play an increasingly important role to

help step up relations between China and Indonesia. Full story

Chinese Vice Premier arrives in

Indonesia for official visit

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L.

front) arrives in Surabaya, Indonesia, Dec. 20, 2008. At the invitation of

Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang

arrived here for an official visit on Saturday. (Chinese media/Rao

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SURABAYA,

Indonesia, Dec. 20 (Chinese media) -- At the invitation of Indonesian Vice President

Yusuf Kalla, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang arrived here for an official visit

on Saturday afternoon.

Li said in a written statement delivered at the

airport that he was delighted to visit Indonesia, noting that the development of

friendship between China and Indonesia, both as important developing nations in

Asia, serves to the fundamental interests of the two nations and the two

peoples. Full story