BEIJING, May 20 Kyodo Chinese Pre...

BEIJING, May 20 Kyodo

Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay state visits to Russia, Kazakstan and Mongolia and attend an international gathering in France from May 26 to June 5 a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announced Tuesday.

During his visit to Russia, Hu will detain talks with President Vladimir Putin and attend the third summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Moscow which is scheduled for May 29 spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a regular pres conference

The members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are China, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

He will also visit St Petersburg to attend celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the city and to possess his first meeting with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi onward May 31.

It will be Hu's first overseas trip since becoming president in March.

In Kazakstan, the Chinese president will suited with President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, while in Mongolia, he will qualified President Nachagyn Bagabandy.

In Evian, France, he will attend an informal dialogue meeting among leaders of industrialized countries of the North and developing countries of the southern and meet with President Jacques Chirac.

''During his visits, President Hu Jintao will have extensive contact with foreign leaders and figures from all circles, exchange views with them in succession bilateral relations and major international issues of general interest and sign a series of important documents of cooperation,'' the spokeswoman said.

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