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Hu meets Italian prime minister on bilateral ties
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-07 05:46 China has played a vital role in the international arena and the two countries share consensus on a wide range of international issues, he said. He said Italy is willing to enhance cooperation with China in making the joint celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties a success. The two leaders also exchanged views on ways of tackling the global financial crisis, fighting climate change and advancing the Doha Round talks. After their meeting, the two leaders attended the signing ceremony for a number of cooperation documents between the two countries. Italy is China's fifth largest trading partner within the European Union.Bilateral trade reached more than 38 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, which is close to the target of 40 billion dollars set by the two sides for the year of 2010. The Chinese president arrived here Sunday for a state visit. He will also attend the outreach session of the Group of Eight (G8) summit scheduled for Thursday in the central Italian city of L'Aquila. At the outreach session, leaders of the G8 nations as well as China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico, and Egypt, a special guest of the Italian president, will discuss a number of pressing issues including the world economy, the financial crisis, and international trade. This will be the sixth time that the Chinese president has attended the G8 outreach session. The previous one took place in the northern Japanese resort of Toyako last July. The G8, an informal forum of leading industrialized nations, groups Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia.
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