Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit Russia from October 25 to 28 at the invitation of his Russian counterparts, announced the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday.

Invited by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov and Igor Sechin, Wang will attend the 12th meeting of the Chinese-Russian Prime Ministers' regular meeting commission, as well as a meeting between the two countries' energy negotiators, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.

(Xinhua News Agency October 21, 2008)