# Xi leaves for SCO summit and state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt

https://mins.news/en/item/37352

- China News Service, 2026-08-30 03:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/china/2026-08-30/detail-ihfirzsm0922559.shtml

> Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Beijing on Sunday for the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek and state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, at the invitation of Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. His entourage includes Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi and Wang Yi.

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