Foreign Spokesperson Qin Gang announces: At the invitation of President Medvedev of the Russian Federation, President Hu Jintao will attend the 9th. Meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRIC Summit to be held in Yekaterinburg,Russia, and pay a state visit to Russia from June 14 to 18. At the invitation of President Gasparovic of the Slovak Republic and President Mesic of the Republic of Croatia, President Hu Jintao will pay state visits to the two countries from June 18 to 20.