Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived on Sunday for an official visit to the Netherlands, the first by a Chinese premier in 14 years.To get more
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It is also Li's first trip to the European country as the Chinese premier.
The Netherlands is one of the first western countries to establish diplomatic ties with new China and the two countries decided to build an
open and pragmatic partnership for comprehensive cooperation during
Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit in 2014, said Li in a written
statement upon his arrival.
As two large trading nations, China and the Netherlands are important trading partners for each other, he said, noting that he hopes the
visit will further enhance political trust between the two countries.
He said he expects that through this visit, China and the Netherlands will discuss ways to comprehensively deepen and expand cooperation in
various areas and cement consensus on safeguarding multilateralism,
supporting globalization and promoting trade and investment
liberalization and facilitation, so as to inject new impetus to
cooperation and relations between China and the Netherlands as well as
China and Europe and deliver more benefits to the people.
During his three-day stay, the premier will hold in-depth discussions with Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, and meet with Dutch
King Willem-Alexander. He is also set to visit a hi-tech exhibition and
address a business forum in The Hague.
The two sides are expected to sign a series of cooperation documents on aviation, energy and finance, among others, according to a press
briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry ahead of the visit.
It is the second stop of Li's Eurasia trip from Oct. 11 to 19. He has paid an official visit to Tajikistan and attended the 17th meeting of
the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization in Dushanbe, and will fly to Belgium for the 12th
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit and a working visit.
