Ismail Amat, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress, China's top legislature, will attend
the inauguration ceremony of Turkmenistan's elected president as
President Hu Jintao's special envoy.
Ismail Amat will leave for Turkmenistan today as guest of the
Turkmen government, according to sources with the Chinese Foreign
Ministry.
(Xinhua News Agency February 13, 2007)