Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao announces:

At the invitation of President Bakiev of Kyrgyzstan, President Putin of Russia and President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan, attend the 7th Session of the Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, observe the SCO joint anti-terrorism military exercise in Russia, and pay a state visit to Kazakhstan from August 14 to 18.