Jul 29, 2005 14:17
BEIJING, July 28-- China and Indonesia signed series of MOUs or agreements here Thursday to boost cooperation in defence, economic and cultural sectors and to help rebuilding of tsunami-hit areas.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were present at the signing ceremony after their talks in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.
Those agreements include a MOU on research and development in defence technological cooperation, a MOU on rebuilding project in tsunami-hit areas funded by non-governmental donations of China.
The documents also include an agreement on grant assistance in relation to economic and technical cooperation, a general loan agreement of 100 million US dollars of preferential buyer's creditand an arrangement concerning Chinese language teaching.
Those documents will help to enrich the Sino-Indonesia strategic partnership, diplomatic sources said.
Susilo arrived in Beijing Wednesday afternoon for a four-day state visit to China as guest of Hu Jintao. This is his first visit to China after taking office last October.
Besides Beijing, Susilo, who was accompanied by a 100-member delegation, will also travel to China's special economic zone and an economic engine Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province. Enditem