Chinese President to Visit Five Countries

Chinese President Jiang Zemin will pay state visits to Germany, Libya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Iran on April 8-22, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue announced Tuesday.

Jiang is invited by President Johnannes Rau of the Federal Republic of Germany, Colonel Omar Mouammer Al Gaddafi, leader of "September 1 Libya Revolution" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Ben Ali of the Republic of Tunisia, President Seyyed Mohammad Khatemi of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

( March 27, 2002)