GOV.cn Saturday, November 13, 2010
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets with President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos Horta in Macao, south China, Nov. 13, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Saturday respectively met in Macao with leaders of Portugal, Timor-Leste, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau, who came to Macao to attend the third Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.
Wen held respective meetings with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, Timor-Leste president Jose Ramos Horta, Mozambique Prime Minister Aires Bonifacio Baptista Ali, and Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior.
During his meeting with Jose Socrates, Wen said that Chinese President Hu Jintao paid a successful recent visit to Portugal, bringing the development of the two countries' relations to a new level.
He pointed out that China encourages capable enterprises to invest in Portugal and is willing to expand its import from the European nation, in a bid to realize the goal of doubling bilateral trade volume by 2015. He also said that the two countries should explore cooperation in fields such as energy, tourism, logistics and traffic, promoting the deepening and sustainable development of bilateral ties of economy and trade.
For his part, the Portuguese Prime Minister said in the meeting that Portugal appreciates China's support, welcomes Chinese enterprises to expand their investment in his country and is willing to deepen bilateral cooperation in various fields, so that the two sides can push forward their relations and achieve more fruitful results.
When meeting with Jose Ramos Horta, Wen said that the people of China and Timor-Leste have forged a deep and profound friendship, and the two nations have established a solid political foundation.
He also said that China will continue its support for Timor- Leste to maintain stability, enhance people's livelihood, develop economy, expand bilateral cooperation in fields such as mineral resources exploitation, infrastructure construction, personnel training, agriculture, etc., strengthen the two sides' coordination when it comes to regional and international affairs, and deepen bilateral relationship.
Jose Ramos Horta expressed his appreciation to China's support and assistance, saying Timor-Leste will unswervingly pursue the one-China policy, and is willing to step up the cooperation between the two countries in fields such as economy and trade, in a bid to push bilateral relations to a new level.
Wen also exchanged views with the leaders of Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau on bilateral cooperation in various fields in their respective meetings.
Wen and the leaders of the Portuguese-speaking countries attended the opening ceremony of the third Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries on Saturday.
Sponsored by China's Ministry of Commerce and hosted by the government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the forum was created in Macao in 2003, with the joint participation of seven Portuguese-speaking countries, namely Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Timor-Leste.
The two sides' trade volumes have taken off since the creation of the Forum in 2003. The latest official figures from the Chinese government indicated that the trade volume between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries surged by 57 percent year-on-year to 68.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters of 2010.
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