BISHKEK, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Thursday for Russia's Chelyabinsk after paying a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.

　　During his first state visit to Kyrgyzstan, which began on Tuesday, Hu held talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev and met with other leaders of Kyrgyzstan. They exchanged views on major issues of common interest.

　　In his talks with President Bakiyev on Tuesday, the Chinese president said China will take steps to strengthen economic and anti-terror cooperation with Kyrgyzstan.

　　Bakiyev praised China as a good partner for his country in carrying out political and economic cooperation and said developing relations with China is a foreign policy priority of his country.

　　Also on Tuesday, the two leaders signed a comprehensive joint statement on bilateral relations, anti-terrorism, military cooperation, trade promotion and other major issues of common concern.

　　In Bishkek, President Hu attended the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Thursday.

　　The leaders of the six SCO member states reviewed achievements scored by the organization since the 2006 Shanghai summit, mapped out future cooperation on security, economy and foreign affairs, and signed a treaty on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation as well as a series of documents on economic and humanistic exchanges.

　　Founded in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and has Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and India as observers.

　　Kyrgyzstan is the first leg of President Hu's three-nation trip. In Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural Mountains region, he will observe a joint anti-terrorism drill, dubbed "Peace Mission 2007,"together with leaders of other SCO member states. He will then pay a state visit to Kazakhstan.