Foreign and Military Affairs

Chinese VP to visit Italy, Cuba, Uruguay, Chile

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-27 15:19

BEIJING -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will pay official visits to Italy, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile from June 1 to 13 and attend the ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Friday.

Xi was invited by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, First Vice President of Cuban Council of State Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu in a press release.