BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay state
visits to the Republic of Korea (ROK), Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from Aug. 25
to 30, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Hu is invited by ROK President Lee Myung bak, President of Tajikistan
Emomali Rakhmon, and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.
Hu will also attend the eighth annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) to be held on Aug. 28 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital.