Chinese FM Kicks off Three-Nation Tour

Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan left Beijing Saturday morning for official visits to the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Russia.

Tang is making the tour at the invitation of his counterparts of these nations: Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic, Anatoly Maximovich Zlenko of Ukraine and Igor Ivanov of Russia.

He will also attend the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Shanghai Five to be held in Moscow on April 28.






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