Lao, Chinese presidents to hold talks, attend railway inauguration

An aerial view of Ganlanba railway station, one of the stations along the China-Laos railway is under construction Sept. 28, 2021, in southwestern China's Yunnan Province. - Xinhua

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): President Thongloun Sisoulith and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold official talks and attend the inauguration of the Laos-China railway via video link on Friday (Dec 3).

President Thongloun, who is also Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party’s Central Committee, and President Xi, who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Central Committee, will first meet for official talks.