Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji left Beijing Monday for a three-nation official visit to Turkey, Egypt and Kenya.
Zhu is invited by Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit of the Republic of Turkey, President Muhammed Hosni Mubarak of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the government of the Republic of Kenya.
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bangguo and other senior officials, as well as diplomatic envoys from the above three countries, saw Zhu and his party off at the Great Hall of the People.
(Xinhua News Agency April 15, 2002)
