Chinese president gets warm welcome

Fri, 11 Nov 1994 | Source: REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Chinese President Jiang Zemin was given a warm welcome in Malaysia yesterday at the start of a four-day visit, the first by a leader of China's communist party to this Southeast Asian nation.

Jiang was given a 21-gun salute at Parliament Square where he was officially welcomed by King Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Jiang arrived from Singapore on a tour that also takes him to Jakarta for a summit of leaders from Asia and the Pacific, and to Vietnam on his way back home.

With the region edgy about Beijing's military, political and economic intentions, Jiang had told reporters in Beijing that he wanted to hold "good-neighborly" talks on his tour, aiming to establish political ties that look towards the 21st century.

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