BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced Friday that a delegation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Troika will visit China on Aug. 9 and 10.

The Troika delegates are Alfredo Moreno Charme, Chilean foreign minister; Nicolas Maduro Moros, Venezuelan foreign minister and Rogelio Sierra Diaz, Cuban vice foreign minister, according to Hong. They will pay the official visit at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

CELAC, a new leading regional bloc, was formed on Dec. 3, 2011. It was proposed by Latin American leaders in February 2010 in Mexico, more than 60 years after the start of the Organization of American States (OAS).

It consists of 33 sovereign states of Latin America and the Caribbean region. Chile currently holds the rotating chair of CELAC.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in his speech at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean on June 27 that China would like to set up a regular foreign ministers' dialogue mechanism with the CELAC Troika and hold the first round of dialogue within this year. Enditem

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