Xi Jinping to visit Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from June 12 to 16, a

foreign ministry spokesperson announced Sunday.

From June 12 to 14, Xi will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attend the 19th meeting of the Council of

Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held in the capital city of Bishkek,

Spokesperson Lu Kang said in a statement.

From June 14 to 16, Xi will attend the fifth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building

Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan, and pay a state visit to the country, Lu

added.

Xi is paying the visits at the invitation of Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Tajik President

Emomali Rahmon, according to Lu.