Pakistani President to visit China to participate in Boao Forum meeting April 17

 ISLAMABAD, April 16 (KUNA) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China to attend the annual conference of Boao Forum for Asia 2009, to be held in Beijing from April 17 to 19th.
The President will leave for China on Friday on his three-day visit and will be a key note speaker at the plenary session under the theme Asia: Managing Beyond Crisis in the Boao Forum, said Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit at his weekly press briefing here on Thursday.
The President will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders from several countries attending the conference, he said, adding that the Pakistani and Chinese Presidential counterparts will review the progress on bilateral ties and discuss regional and global developments.
Pakistan and China enjoy an exemplary relationship and have a high degree of mutual trust, understanding and convergence of views on bilateral, regional and international issues, said the spokesman. (end) amn.tg KUNA 161752 Apr 09NNNN