Pakistan, China sign anti-terror, trade deals during Wen visit
AFP, April, 2005
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as the close allies signed a raft of military, economic and trade agreements, officials said.
Wen is making his maiden South Asian tour as premier, a week-long swing through the strategically and economically important region that will also include trips to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Local residents banging drums and waving Pakistani and Chinese flags lined Islamabad's main boulevard and the city was decked with banners welcoming Wen, who landed at Chaklala airbase near the capital just before 6:00 pm (1300 GMT).
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Officials said a total of 20 agreements were signed in the presence of Wen, who assumed office in March last year, and Aziz.
"The two leaders held formal talks in a cordial atmosphere at Prime Minister house," a Pakistani official said after the meeting.
"Later the two prime ministers ...
