China president Xi to visit Kazakhstan in first trip abroad since pandemic

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Xi Jinping (pic) will visit Kazakhstan next week for a state visit, Interfax reported, in what would be the Chinese president’s first trip overseas in more than two and a half years.

Xi accepted the Kazakh president’s invitation to visit the Central Asian nation on Sept 14, the Russian news agency reported, citing Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov. The two leaders will sign a variety of agreements during the visit, it added.