Chinese, South African leaders agree to deepen bilateral relations
September 23rd, 2009 | www.chinaview.cnChinese President Hu Jintao and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma agreed here on Tuesday to deepen bilateral relations and boost cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
There have been frequent high-level contacts, increasingly enhanced mutual political trust, and deepened cooperation in such fields as economy and trade, culture, education, science and technology, health and tourism, Hu said.
The two nations have maintained close coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, and China and South Africa have become important strategic partners, he said.
During Zuma’s visit to China in June last year, the two sides reached a wide-ranging consensus on many important issues, charting the course for further development of relations between the two countries and the two ruling parties, said the Chinese president.