BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting 2024 and pay an official visit to Switzerland and Ireland from 14 to 17 January, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Thursday.
Li Qiang will attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at the invitation of Klaus Schwab, WEF Founder, and Executive Chairman, and will visit Switzerland and Ireland at the invitation of Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation, Leo Varadkar, Irish Taoiseach; she said during a regular media briefing.
Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs’ tour
Mao Ning also said that Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi will visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire upon invitation from 13 to 18 January.
This is the 34th consecutive year that Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers’ annual first overseas trip, Mao said.
Following his trip to Africa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang will visit Brazil and Jamaica upon invitation from 18 to 22 January.
