Thursday, June 30 2005 15:03 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Beijing: Chinese President Hu Jintao is likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the G-8 summit next week in Gleneagles in Scotland.

On the sidelines of the G-8 Summit Outreach Session between the G-8 and China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico, Hu will meet leaders of the G-8 countries and other major developing nations, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister, Li Hui said.

The Hu-Singh meeting would be the second one between the two leaders in two months. They had met for the first time in Indonesia during the Asia-Africa summit.

Hu, who left Beijing today (Jun 30, 2005) for a State visit to Russia, Kazakhstan and to participate in two key summit meetings, including the G-8 Summit, will attend a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Kazak capital of Astana.

Hu will pay his second State visit to Kazakhstan as Chinese president. The SCO summit, which involves leaders of member countries -- China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, will focus on cooperation in economy, security, culture, external relations and international issues.

In Russia, Hu will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and also meet with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and leaders of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation, Li said.

Hu, also general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), will also visit the Novosibirsk region in Siberia and discuss with local leaders about regional cooperation.