Turkish foreign minister meets Chinese news agency delegation.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)

Ankara, 2 December: Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul met with a delegation of Xinhua News Agency headed by its Vice-President He Ping here on Friday [2 December].

During the conversation which took place in the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, Gul said the traditional friendship between Turkey and China has enjoyed a long history, noting that the relations between the two countries have developed rapidly in various fields.

Referring to a new agreement signed between Xinhua and Turkish semi-official …