February 14, 2006	Tuesday	Muharram 15, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Presi-dent Pervez Musharraf will embark on a five-day state visit to China on Sunday where he will hold wide-ranging talks with the top Chinese leadership.

A Foreign Ministry statement said on Monday: “The President’s visit is a landmark in the 55th year of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries,” adding that it would herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of these diplomatic relations.

“The President and the Chinese leadership will review multi-facetted bilateral relations, regional issues and other international developments of mutual interest,” the Foreign Ministry statement said.

During his visit, the president will also hold meetings with the CEOs of select energy and power sector corporations. The top officials of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade and Chinese Federation of Industry and Commerce including Textile Chambers will meet the president.

The president will address the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and have an extensive interaction with the media at a dinner. He will address a Business Conference, which is being organized to enhance trade and investment between the two countries.

Also on his agenda is a visit to Chengdu where the president will meet the provincial political and business leadership of the Sichuan province as well as intellectuals and scholars of the Sichuan University and South Asian Institute.—Q.A.