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Chinese and U officials are discussing plans for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit the United States for talks with U Vice President Dick Cheney, Chinese state media reported Friday.

The pair nations are ''in consultation'' through the whole extent of the visit, the English-language China Daily reported, quoting Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan.

In regard to the visit, Kong noted the importance of ''mutual high-level exchanges between China and the United States.''

A U Embassy source said that no dates have been wager and that there was no specific discussion agenda for the brace leaders.

At the expiration of the Evian summit in France in June U President George W Bush invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit the U at the extremity of this year or beginning of nearest year.

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