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Slovak deputy PM arrives in Beijing for visit

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-22 16:15
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BEIJING: Slovak First Deputy Prime Minister Dusan Caplovic arrived here Monday for a six-day visit to China.

Making the visit at the invitation of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, Caplovic will hold talks with Li in Beijing and will visit China's southernmost island province of Hainan.

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It is Caplovic's first visit to China since he took office in 2006.

China and Slovakia have enjoyed traditional friendship and maintained high-level contacts. Chinese President Hu Jintao paid a successful visit to Slovakia in June 2009 as the two countries marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.