China's new Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has confirmed he will
travel to Egypt's Sharm-El Sheikh to attend two international
meetings on Iraq.
Yang will attend a meeting under the International Compact with
Iraq (ICI) and a conference of the Foreign Ministers of Iraq's
Expanded Neighbors from May 3 to 4, according to a statement
released by the Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
This will be Yang's first overseas mission since he was named
foreign minister on Friday.
Yang was invited by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, UN
chief's ICI Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari, Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshiar Al-Zibari and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul
Gheit.
(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2007)
