Premier to visit Uzbekistan, Thailand

Premier Li Keqiang will travel to Uzbekistan and Thailand to attend a number of multilateral meetings and pay officials visits next week, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday.

The five-day trip will start November 1.

At the invitation of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov, Li will attend the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Hua said.

He will also attend the 22nd China-ASEAN leaders' meeting, the 22nd ASEAN-China, Japan and Republic of Korea leaders' meeting, and the 14th East Asia Summit in Bangkok at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Hua said.