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Chinese president concludes visit to Laos
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-20 16:53

VIENTIANE -- Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, left here for India on Monday afternoon after he concluded his two-day state visit to the Laos.

During his stay in the Lao capital, Hu met with Lao leaders and they agreed to make concerted efforts continuously to push forward the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries.

The two sides also signed a number of documents to boost bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy and technology, health, power and E-government.

Hu, invited by Choummaly Sayasone, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Lao president, arrived in Vientiane on Sunday from Vietnam.

The Chinese president attended the 14th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting on November 17-19 in Hanoi after paying a two-day state visit to Vietnam.

The Laos is the second leg of Hu's four-nation tour, which will also take him to India and Pakistan.