Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang announces:

At the invitation of the governments of the Republic of Kenya, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Sierra Leone, President Xi Jinping's special representative Yang Jiechi, who is a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, will pay official visits to the three countries in early September to exchange views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common interest.