Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to attend the 14th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tajikistan later this week.
Regional security and economic cooperation will top the agenda at the summit in Dushanbe, which runs Thursday and Friday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says the president will also pay state visits to Tajikistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India after the summit.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping.
"The summit will define how the SCO will deal with threats and challenges in a new situation and come up with the specific measures on security and cooperation, significant to regional stability and development.&quo
