The Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris is scheduled to visit China on an official visit next week.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu at a regular press conference Thursday announced that Minister Peiris will pay a working visit to China from May 23 to May 24 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Minister Peiris visited India from 15-17 May, 2011 and held discussions with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, his counterpart S. M. Krishna, and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.