Chinese PM to visit Romania

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Romania and Uzbekistan from November 25 to 29, a Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Monday.

Li will pay an official visit to Romania and attend a China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders’ meeting as a guest of Romanian Prime Minister Victor-Viorel Ponta, Qin Guang told a regular media briefing.

At the invitation of Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev, Li will also attend the 12th prime ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Uzbekistan, said Qin.

During the China-CEE leaders’ meeting, Li will expound China’s measures for promoting cooperation with CEE countries and exchange views with leaders from 16 such nations on upgrading cooperation, according to the spokesman.

The premier will also meet leaders from CEE nations on the sidelines of the meeting, he said.

While in Romania, Li will meet or hold talks with Romanian leaders and jointly plan future cooperation, so as to promote a healthy and stable development of bilateral ties.