BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on May 21-24, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement on Wednesday.

Wang will pay the visit as guest of Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev, and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov, Hong told a daily press briefing.

Wang will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers in Uzbekistan, said Hong.