Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Laos from Dec. 4 to 9, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang announced on Sunday.

According to Qin, Yang's visits are at the invitations of UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith.

(Xinhua News Agency December 3, 2007)