Senior legislator Uyunqimg left Beijing on Wednesday for a visit to Russia and Slovakia.

Uyunqimg, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), will head a NPC youth delegation to visit Russia, and lead another NPC delegation to visit Slovakia.

She is paying the visit at the invitation of Russia's State Duma and Slovakia's National Council.

(Xinhua News Agency May 9, 2007)