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Monday, June 14, 2010

Chinese president's Central Asia tour promotes friendship, cooperation

President Hu Jintao's just concluded Central Asia trip is successful in promoting the friendship and practical cooperation between China and relevant countries, and in expanding the influence of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday. Yang, who was accompanying the Chinese president during the tour, described the trip as "very fruitful." During the June 9-12 visit, Hu visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and attended a SCO summit in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. In a speech delivered at the Tashkent summit, the Chinese president called for increased cooperation among the SCO members, urging new cooperation models and proposing identifying non-resource sectors as a new priority in economic cooperation, Yang said.