Wen upbeat on Iceland ties

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is welcomed by Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir upon his arrival in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Friday. Wang Ye / Xinhua

China and Iceland will seek to strengthen arctic cooperation, when Premier Wen Jiabao meets his Icelandic counterpart Johanna Sigurdardottir on Friday at the start of a two-day visit, the first ever by a Chinese premier to the country.