Chinese President Hu Jintao
left Beijing Thursday morning for state visits to Canada and Mexico
at the invitation of Canadian Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson
and Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Hu will also attend the United Nations summit marking the 60th
anniversary of the world body in New York from Sept. 5 to 17 after
the above two-nation visit.
Hu's entourage includes his wife Liu Yongqing, State Councilor
Tang
Jiaxuan, Foreign Minister Li
Zhaoxing, and Minister in charge of the State Development and
Planning Commission Ma Kai.
Hu and his US counterpart George W. Bush will meet in New York,
and exchange views on bilateral relations and international and
regional issues of common concern, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
Qin Gang.
(Xinhua News Agency September 8, 2005)
