China and Cameroon are willing to further strengthen mutual
political trust and expand cooperation in various fields, according
to a joint communiqué issued in Yaounde yesterday.
The communiqué was issued during President Hu Jintao's state visit to the African
country.
President Hu and President Paul Biya, in their talks, exchanged
views on further developing China-Cameroon friendly relations of
cooperation, and implementing the measures taken at the Beijing
Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which was held last November, the
communiqué says.
The two leaders also discussed international affairs of common
concern and reached comprehensive consensus, it says.
The two sides signed a series of agreements covering
inter-governmental economic and technological cooperation and
China's write-off of debts owed by Cameroon, says the
communiqué.
The two sides expressed their satisfaction with the steady and
healthy development and fruitful results of the China-Cameroon
relations over the past 36 years after the two countries forged
diplomatic ties, it says.
China and Cameroon will continue to push their long-standing
relations to a new high on the basis of sincerity, friendliness,
equality, mutual trust, solidarity, cooperation and common
development, the communiqué says.
Both sides promised to support each other on issues regarding
sovereignty and territorial integrity, it says.
Cameroon reiterated adherence to the one-China policy and
expressed support for China's efforts in realizing national
reunification,?while China reiterated its support for
Cameroon's efforts in safeguarding national unification and
stability, the communiqué says.
The two sides agreed that China and Cameroon enjoy great
potential for cooperation, and they are willing to make concerted
efforts to consolidate cooperation in the fields of agriculture,
infrastructure construction, energy and telecom, it says.
The governments of the two countries will continue to encourage
enterprises to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and provide
support and favorable conditions, says the communiqué.
Both sides expressed their willingness to enhance coordination
and cooperation in international affairs, safeguard developing
countries' common interests, and contribute to a harmonious world
of lasting peace and common prosperity, it says.
The two sides spoke highly of the friendly relations of
cooperation between China and Africa, saying the Beijing Summit of
the FOCAC has achieved a great success, according to the
communiqué.
The two sides vowed to conduct closer cooperation to fully
implement the outcome of the summit, and develop a new type of
strategic partnership between China and Africa featuring political
equality and mutual trust, "win-win" economic cooperation and
cultural exchanges, it says.
Hu is on an eight-nation tour of Africa that will also take
him to Liberia, Sudan, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique
and Seychelles.
(Xinhua News Agency February 1, 2007)
