A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left Urumqi, capital of northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday night for a visit to five countries in Asia and Europe, including Tajikistan, Georgia, Macedonia, Albania and Turkmenistan.

The delegation, led by Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, went to visit the countries respectively at the invitation of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, United National Movement of Georgia, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity, Democratic Party of Albania, and Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

(Xinhua News Agency August 27, 2007)