Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, June 06, 2003
Chinese FM to Attend Meetings and Start Three-nation Visit in Asia
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will attend a number of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh of Cambodia.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will attend a number of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh of Cambodia.
Li Zhaoxing was invited by Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, which takes up current presidency of ASEAN.
Li will attend the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of ASEAN, China,Japan andthe Republic of Korea (ROK)(the 10+3 meeting); the 10th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum; the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference; the ASEAN-China (10+1) Dialogue, and the second informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of China, Japan and ROK, which will be held in Phnom Penh from June 17 to 19.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said Li Zhaoxing would also attend the Asian Cooperation Dialogue to be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from June 21 to 22.
At the invitation of Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien of Vietnam,Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong of Cambodia, and Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai ofThailand, Li Zhaoxing will visit the three countries before and after the meetings.