BEIJING, June 13 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Serbia, Poland and Uzbekistan from June 17 to 22, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

Xi is invited by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said in a statement.

At the invitation of Karimov, Xi will also attend the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent on June 23 and 24.