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18:00, 17-May-2019
Wang Yi's official visits before SCO meeting
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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia from May 20 to 27, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced at a regular press briefing on Friday.
Wang will also attend the meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan, Lu said.
The SCO was founded during a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The SCO comprises eight member states: China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
(Top image: File photo: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) speaks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 21, 2017. /Xinhua Photo)