Medvedev, Hu to meet on sidelines of SCO summit in Tashkent.

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MOSCOW, June 9 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Chinese presidents Dmitry
Medvedev and Hu Jintao will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the summit
of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent on June 10-11, a
Kremlin aide, Sergei Prikhodko, told reporters.
The two countries' leaders "will discuss political contacts,
cooperation in solving pressing international problems and trade and
economic relations," he said.
"Medvedev and Hu Jintao will also exchange opinions in the run-up to
the G20 and the G8 summits," the aide said.
Moreover, they will focus on humanitarian cooperation and the
financial and economic situation in the world.
"They will discuss the issues on the international agenda, including
the SCO further activities, the situation in the Central Asian Region,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Korean Peninsula," Prikhodko said.
He did not rule out that Medvedev will hold bilateral meetings with
other leaders on the sidelines of the summit.

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