Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh arrived in Beijing on Friday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation slated for Nov. 4-5.

Forty eight African countries that have diplomatic relations with China are to participate in the two-day summit.

China and Djibouti established diplomatic relations on Jan. 8, 1979. Xu Jialu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, visited Djibouti in 2002. President Guelleh visited China in 2001.

Bilateral trade topped 111.99 million U.S. dollars in 2005.

Source: Xinhua