Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana held talks on Thursday
with Chinese government representative Zhai Jun on promoting
relations between their two countries.
Zhai, who arrived in Antananrivo on Wednesday for Friday's
inauguration ceremony of Ravalomanana, conveyed congratulations
from President Hu Jintao on his re-election in December as
president of Madagascar for another five-year term.
China-Madagascar relations have expanded remarkably and
cooperation has been fruitful since the two countries established
diplomatic relations 35 years ago, Zhai said.
Zhai, who is an assistant to Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing,
thanked Ravalomanana for his one-China position and support for
China in international affairs.
China was ready to strengthen cooperation with Madagascar in the
areas of infrastructure, agriculture and human resources
development to further promote their friendly relations, he
added.
Ravalomanana thanked the Chinese government for its economic
assistance and said that his government is eager to enhance
cooperation with China in natural resources development and
infrastructure.
He said he appreciated the constructive results achieved at
November's Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation.?
(Xinhua News Agency January 19, 2007)
