Chinese premier to visit Brussels, London, Berlin

Chinese premier to visit Brussels, London, BerlinBeijing - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is to travel to travel to Berlin, Brussels and London after participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January, officials said Thursday.

Foreign Ministry officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that Wen planned to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on January 28. German officials in Beijing did not confirm the meeting.

Wen will then travel to Brussels on January 29, holding talks with the EU Commission that were cancelled by Beijing in November, following a meeting of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who then held the rotating EU presidency, with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

He will continue to London the following day, officials said. There are also considerations to include a visit to Spain in Wen's trip to Europe. (dpa)

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