President Hu Jintao gestures while welcoming visiting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday in Beijing. [newsphoto]

　　Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and President Hu Jintao discussed bilateral relations yesterday as part of the African leader's week-long state visit that began in Beijing on Saturday.

　　The two countries signed three official documents, including an agreement on economic and technical co-operation.

　　Mugabe yesterday also visited the city's Foreign Affairs University, where he was awarded an honorary professorship.

　　The 81-year-old president was a teacher from 1942 to 1960, before devoting himself to Zimbabwe's national independence movement.

　　Shortly after the ceremony, Mugabe delivered his first lecture at the university, speaking about democracy, United Nations reform and Zimbabwe's one-China policy.

　　Also yesterday, the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) signed an agreement with the Zimbabwean Ministry of Communication to export third MA60 aircraft after two were delivered in May.

　　The Chinese-made MA60 is a 60-seat turboprop plane with a range of 1,600 kilometres with a full load.

　　CATIC also signed a memorandum of understanding on loan financing for the expansion of the Hwange Power Station and an agreement on an Aircraft Spares Bonded Warehouse with various departments in Zimbabwe.

　　On Monday Mugabe visited the First Automobile Works in Jilin. Mugabe is to meet top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao today.