Wen to attend East Asian leaders meetings

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend a series of meetings for East Asian leaders held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 18-21, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced Friday.

The meetings include the 15th summit between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as the 15th summit between the ASEAN, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the seventh East Asia Summit.

In addition to these meetings, Wen will pay official visits to Cambodia and Thailand at the invitations of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, respectively.