Lavrov to visit China, attend meeting of SCO foreign ministers - Chinese Foreign Ministry

BEIJING. April 18 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to China on April 23-24, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a briefing.

The trip would be made within the framework of "annual mutual visits" of the foreign ministers, she said.

Lavrov will attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Beijing will host on April 24, she said.