On the morning of November 6, 2006, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam at the Great Hall of the People.

In recent years, the China-Mauritius relations have achieved remarkable progress with frequent high-level exchanges, fruitful economic and trade cooperation and close coordination in such fields as the United Nations reform and other major international issues, Wen said. Currently as both countries share a common aspiration of deepening pragmatic cooperation and pursuing common development, they should seize the opportunity and enhance cooperation in infrastructure construction and tourism that urgently need to be developed, he said.

China understands the anxiety of African countries including Mauritius about their textile trade after the elimination of textile quota globally, and has been working persistently for balanced development of global textile trade. The textile agreements China reached with the European Union and the United States last year, had, to a large extent, taken into account the interests of African countries in the European and American markets, Wen said. China will continue to provide technological and managerial training in textile cooperation with African countries, so as to fulfill mutual benefit and common development, he said.

Ramgoolam said despite the distance keeping the two countries apart, Mauritius and China remain close friends. In the early 1970s, Mauritius broke through all outside obstacles to develop friendly ties with China. Mauritius appreciated the long-time assistance China has offered, as well as China's understanding of and support for textile trade and other issues that Mauritius has great interest in, Navin said. He said Mauritius wishes to enhance cooperation with China in economy, trade, aviation, ocean shipping and tourism to promote Mauritius's economic growth.