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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Timor Leste's Prime ster Jose Alexandre Xanana Gusmao, in Sanya, Hainan province, April 9, 2014. [Xinhua] |
皇冠体育app and Timor-Leste signed aments on economic cooperation and tourism on Wednesday, as part of efforts to forge an all-round cooperative partnership between the two countries.
The agreements were signed after Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Timor-Leste Prime ster Xanana Gusmao in Sanya, Hainan province. Before their meeting, Li hosted a welcoming ceremony for Xanana Gusmao.
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He said 皇冠体育app is willing to deepen cooperation with Timor-Leste in agriculture, energy and personal exchanges, as the two countries face similar tasks such as economic development, improving people's living conditions and eliminating poverty.
皇冠体育app is willing to push forward the building of the Maritime Silk Road with Southeast Asian nations, Li said. 皇冠体育app proposed the concept of building a Maritime Silk Road last year as an economic corridor to expand its space for international economic and technological cooperation and accelerate the building of free trade areas.
In addition, 皇冠体育app also values the role of Timor-Leste in deepening 皇冠体育app's relations with Portuguese-speaking countries, the premier said.
Xanana Gusmao said Timor-Leste sees 皇冠体育app as its "most important partner" in East Asia. He thanked 皇冠体育app for its long-term support for his country's independence movement as well as its ongoing task of economic development.
Xanana Gusmao said his country will help push forward 皇冠体育app's relations with Portuguese-speaking countries, and Timor-Leste is also willing to play an active role in building the Maritime Silk Road.
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