Obama strengthens cooperation with China
Beijing, China – is to spend his final day in China Wednesday meeting with and visit
U.S. President Barack Obama will end his China days with a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao and a visit in the Great Wall before flying to South Korea, the last of his Asia trip.
The two leaders of countries China and the United States, the leading producers of greenhouse gases, promised to team up to combat climate change and create clean energy and will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions.
In addition to climate change, trade, nuclear proliferation and human rights issues were also addressed during their talks.
The two leaders “talked about continuing to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between our nations,” according to Obama, who said he welcomed China’s desire for a greater role in world affairs.
On economic and trade issues, Hu called for Beijing and Washington to build a positive relationship in the 21st century, to build a partnership.
The U.S. delegation was met by an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People, and Obama shook hands with Hu and other top Chinese officials before the two leaders went behind closed doors. It was their fifth meeting in the past year, and they made no public statements beforehand.
After talks with Hu, Obama paid a visit to the Forbidden City. Also on the schedule was a state dinner to be hosted by Hu and meetings with parliamentary leader Wu Bangguo.
After his visit to the Great Wall, Obama travels to Seoul, South Korea, where he will meet Thursday morning with President Lee Myung-bak.
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