Chinese VP in Yemen to boost commercial ties

The Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Sana'a on Tuesday afternoon for an official two-day visit to Yemen, the last leg of his five-nation Asia tour.
During his visit to Yemen, Xi is to meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi and other high ranking Yemeni officials
to discuss way of boosting bilateral ties and mutual cooperation.
Representatives of more than a hundred Chinese companies are accompanying Xi in Yemen to hold talks with their Yemeni counterparts on investment opportunities and possibilities for establishing joint venture projects.

Upon his arrival Xi revealed to Saba news agency that China and Yemen have been partners in general cooperation since the two countries established diplomatic links in 1956.

"We have kept enhancing political trust, advancing trade and economic cooperation and conducting ever closer cultural exchanges" added Xi.
Xi said he believes his visit will further enhance friendship between the two countries and the two peoples, and help advance bilateral relations.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirby said that Xi's visit is part of the distinctive Yemeni-Chinese ties, and added that during his visit the Chinese Vice President's meetings with the Yemeni leadership will focus on commercial and investment cooperation.

Al-Qirby added that during his visit Xi will help inaugurate the new foreign ministry building, to which China contributed US$ 11 million – 80 percent of the construction cost.

Xi's visit to Yemen is the first of its kind in the history of the two countries relations in terms of the level of the delegation that the Chinese Vice President brings.
Bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached $ 2.705 billion in 2007.

Yemen is the fourth leg of Xi's five-nation Asia tour, which has already taken him to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Mongolia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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