Chinese President Hu Jintao hosted a breakfast meeting for leaders from central Asia and Transcaucasia on Saturday at the Great Hall of the People.

The leaders are Turkmenistani President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.

The leaders attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday night.

(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2008)