China foreign ministry: No information to offer on report about any Xi visit to Saudi Arabia

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Updated: Aug 11, 2022, 07:53 UTC

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that he had no information to offer at the moment when asked to comment on a media report that President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia next week.

China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that he had no information to offer at the moment when asked to comment on a media report that President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia next week.

The Guardian reported on Thursday that plans are underway in Saudi Arabia for a gala reception for Xi, without saying where it got the information from.

Xi has not made any official visit to a foreign country since January 2020.

(Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard; writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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