UN secretary general Kofi Annan met with Chinese vice-president Hu Jintao and hailed China's cooperation with African countries, Annan's spokesman's office said. The meeting was warm and cordial, The office said in a statement. It said Hu Reiterated china's view of the UN as an irreplaceable organisation and voiced china's full support for it. He also shared with Annan Beijing's vision of China's drive to modernise.
The secretary general particularly praised China for its cooperation, help and assistance for African countries, the statement said.
Annan and Hu also discussed the middle east and agree that problems could not be resolved through violence.
A dozen members of the practitioners of the Falungong movement demonstrated peacefully on first avenue opposite the UN building during the visit.
Hu, widely described as china's leader-in-waiting, ran the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange and paid a 10-minute visit to the unions of the World Trade Centre, destroyed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bureau Report