At the invitation of Prime Minister Nikolay Tanayev of Kyrghyz Republic and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov of the government of the Russian Federation, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council is to pay an official visit to Kyrghyz Republic and attend the 3rd Prime Ministers' Meeting of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) slated in Bishkek, and pay an official visit to the Russian Federation and attend the 9th Regular Meeting of Prime Ministers of China and Russia from September 21 to 25.

During the visit, Premier Wen will exchange views extensively and in depth with leaders of the two countries on bilateral relations as well as international and regional issues of common interest. He will also discuss with prime ministers of other SCO member states the economic and trade cooperation between the member states and the development of the organization per se. Important documents will be signed during the visit. We believe that the visit by Premier Wen will further boost the development of the good-neighborly relations of friendship and cooperation between China and the two countries as well as the multilateral cooperation within the framework of the SCO.