Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi announced Tuesday at the regular press conference that Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Peng will make a five-nation visit in early November.
Sun said that at the invitation of President of the National Assembly of Algeria Ben Salah, President of the Council of States of Cuba Fidel Castro and the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, the Congress of Argentine, Vice-President of Uruguay and President of the National Congress of Uruguay Luis Hierro and President of the National Assembly of Tunisia Fouad Mebazaa, Li Peng will pay an official friendly visit to the above five nations from October 31 to November 17.
He said that during the visit, Li Peng will have an in-depth exchange of views with the leaders of the five nations on bilateral ties, as well as regional and international situation. He will meet with a wide range of personages from the parliaments and other walks of life with an objective of enhancing friendship, common understanding and cooperation.
He said the visit will promote the all-round development of China's friendly relations and cooperation with the Northern African and Latin American countries in the new century.
(Xinhua News Agency October 23,2001)
