China's top diplomat to attend CICA summit, visit four countries

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's top diplomat Wang Yi will attend the Seventh Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held in Baku, Azerbaijan on Oct. 15 as Special Representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria from Oct. 14 to 20, the spokesperson said.