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Hu cuts short Americas' tour for quake relief
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-15 19:55
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BRASILIA, BRAZIL: President Hu Jintao has decided to cut short his planned tour of key South American nations and head home on Friday after the BRIC summit in Brazil, in order to help better direct disaster relief after a 7.1-magnitude quake struck Qinghai early Wednesday.
Hu will postpone his scheduled visit to Venezuela and Chile, which was slated for Saturday and Monday, Ma Zhaoxu, the spokesman for the Chinese delegation, said late on Wednesday night.
The delegation arrived in Brazil on Tuesday. Hu is scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmo han Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday, and attend the BRIC summit the next day, before leaving to Beijing.
