China agrees to grant Cameroon tourism destination status

China has agreed to grant Cameroon with the tourist destination status in an effort to facilitate bilateral exchanges and trade, Chinese President Hu Jintao told visiting Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Beijing on Friday.

The China-Cameroon relations have become increasingly mature, with bilateral political friendship enhanced, economic and trade cooperation expanded and human resources exchanges deepened, Hu said.

The two countries have broad consensus on United Nations and other international affairs, and China is willing to take joint effort with Cameroon to enhance exchanges between the two governments and peoples, he said.

China is the sincere friend of Cameroon, and the two countries wish to create a peaceful and prosperous world, said Biya.

Cameroon appreciates the great help China has offered for Africa and Cameroon, and the two countries can enhance cooperation in telecommunication network construction, resource development and agrosciences, he said.

Biya arrived here on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

A total of 48 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China are to participate in the two-day summit, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 4.

China and Cameroon established diplomatic ties on March 26, 1971, and bilateral trade totaled 197 million U.S. dollars in 2005.

Source: Xinhua