Sierra Leone ties taken to new levels

President Hu Jintao held talks with his Sierra Leone counterpart, Ernest Bai Koroma, yesterday, agreeing to push the bilateral friendly and cooperative ties to a new height.

Hu gave Koroma a red-carpet welcome, including a 21-gun salute and parade, at the Great Hall of the People.

He started their talks by congratulating the Sierra Leone and African people on the 46th anniversary of Africa Day, a festival to celebrate the founding of the Organization of African Unity, which was succeeded by the African Union in 2002.