Chinese President Hu Jintao hosted a breakfast meeting for leaders from central Asia and Transcaucasia on Saturday at the Great Hall of the People.
The leaders are Turkmenistani President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.
The leaders attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday night.
Calling them old friends of China, Hu extended his warm welcome and thanked them for helping with the Beijing Olympics.
These countries are all traditional friends of China, and have been building mutual political trust and scored remarkable results in the cooperation in security, humanitarianism, economy and trade, and energy, Hu said.
"China values the traditional friendship with the five countries and is ready to raise bilateral relations to higher levels," the Chinese president said.
Source:Xinhua
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