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RONG YIREN'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL: 12-17 SEPTEMBER 1993
SUMMARY
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A VISIT LACKING IN MUCH SUBSTANCE BUT WITH GOOD ATMOSPHERICS. GENERAL SATISFACTION AT PROGRESS OVER MACAU. IMPETUS GIVEN TO BILATERAL TRADE. VERY LITTLE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. RONG YIREN MAKES A GOOD IMPRESSION ON HIS HOSTS.
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WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ANTONIO VALENTE, THE DIPLOMATIC ADVISER TO PRESIDENT SOARES, AND TO JOAO TEIXEIRA, THE HEAD OF THE ASIA
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DIVISION, MFA, ABOUT RONG YIREN'S VISIT.
VISIT WERE, HOWEVER, HANDLED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE OFFICIALS THERE ON MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER AND WILL REPORT ANYTHING FURTHER WE GLEAN.
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THIS VISIT ORIGINATED FROM AN INVITATION FROM PRIME MINISTER CAVACO SILVA TO RONG YIREN ISSUED DURING DURAO BARROSO'S VISIT TO CHINA IN MARCH. RONG YIREN HAD APPARENTLY WANTED TO VISIT PORTUGAL IN JULY BUT THAT MONTH HAD NOT SUITED HIS HOSTS.
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THE PORTUGUESE WERE PLEASED THAT RONG YIREN'S FIRST OFFICIAL OVERSEAS VISIT SINCE BECOMING VICE-PRESIDENT IN MARCH WAS TO PORTUGAL. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (LIU XIANGDONG), THE VICE-MINISTER FOR SUPERVISION (SENG DIYUN) THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR OF HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENTS IN THE CHINESE MFA AND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE. THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, ROCHA VIEIRA, AND THE PRESIDENT OF MACAU'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ANABELA RITCHIE, ALSO TOOK PART IN THE VISIT.
5. RONG YIREN HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS IN LISBON WITH: CAVACO SILVA, ROCHA VIEIRA AND ANABELA RITCHIE, PRESIDENT SOARES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE ASSEMBLY (THIS LAST WAS A COURTESY CALL
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