Chinese premier Li returns from official visits to NZ, Australia, Malaysia


Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a keynote speech when attending the reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia and the Year of China-Malaysia Friendship with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 19, 2024. - Photo: Xinhua

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang returned to Beijing on Thursday (June 20) aboard a chartered plane, after concluding official visits to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia, and co-chairing the ninth China-Australia Annual Leaders' Meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Li's entourage, which included State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Wu Zhenglong, returned to Beijing aboard the same plane.

Li was seen off from a Kuala Lumpur airport by Johari Abdul, speaker of Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat, its lower house of parliament, as well as Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing. - Xinhua/ANN

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