Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin announces at the press conference:

At the invitation of President Hu Jintao, President Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan, President Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan, President Zardari of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, President Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and President Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will visit China from June 1 to 9 successively and attend the 12th Meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.