China supports Algeria's efforts for entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday in Beijing.

During a meeting with Bouteflika, Wen said China is willing to deepen exchanges with Algeria at various levels and expand economic cooperation, strengthen consultations on international affairs and extend cultural exchanges to steadily develop strategic cooperative relationship between the two countries.

Wen said as China and Algeria have long and deep friendship, China will always remember Algeria's contributions to resuming China's legitimate status in the United Nations. China appreciates Algeria's adherence to the one-China policy, he said.

Algeria is a reliable friend of China in Africa, he said, China will firmly stick to the policy of developing friendly relationship with Algeria, Wen said.

Noting Algeria hopes to develop traditional friendship with China under new circumstances, he said Algeria encourages Chinese enterprises to invest in Algeria and undertake more cooperation in fields of water conservancy, information industry and agriculture.

The president arrived in Beijing on Friday for a state visit as guest of President Hu Jintao and for the just-concluded landmark Beijing Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Algeria established diplomatic ties with China on December 20, 1958. During Hu's 2004 visit to Algeria, the two countries announced establishment of a strategic cooperative relationship. Bilateral trade topped 1.77 billion U.S. dollars in 2005.

Source: Xinhua