Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and president of China, meets political advisers from the sectors of culture, art and social sciences who are attending the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, March 4, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21 to 26, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced on Monday.

Xi was invited by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Head of State of the Principality of Monaco Albert II and French President Emmanuel Macron, Lu said.

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