Chinese president due

Published October 17, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Pakistan in November, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said on Monday. He told journalists at an Iftar dinner at the foreign ministry that the visits by six to seven leaders of foreign countries would reflect the international community’s desire to engage with Pakistan.

Mr Kasuri did not name the other foreign leaders nor indicated the time of their visits, but said the one by the Chinese president would be ‘a … successful visit.’

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