 Wu Bangguo(C), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), Akil Akilov(L), Prime Minister of Tajikistan, and D.F. Mezentsev, vice chairman of the Federal Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia , attend the opening ceremony of the First Euro-Asia Economic Forum held in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Nov. 10, 2005. The First Euro-Asia Economic Forum opened on Thursday morning in Xi'an. Delegates from Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, Iran, Japan, the Republic of Korea as well as China started to discuss topics concerning energy, tourism and finance cooperation in this region during the forum.
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