Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Friday to attend the
sixth Meeting of Prime Ministers of the Member States of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held in Uzbekistan's
capital Tashkent from November 2 to 6.
Wen was invited by Uzbekistani Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev,
Turkmenistani President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Belarussian
President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian Prime Minister Viktor
Zubkov.
During the five-day tour, Wen will also pay official visits to
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and Russia. Besides, he will
attend the 12th regular meeting between the prime ministers of
China and Russia, and the closing ceremony of the "Year of China"
in Russia.
(Xinhua News Agency November 2, 2007)
