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Premier Wen leaves to attend UN high-level meeting on MDGs
23/9/2008 9:44

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left this morning to attend the UN high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) scheduled on September 25 in New York.

Wen was invited by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He is also scheduled to attend the general debate of the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.

Representatives from some 150 countries, including more than 90heads of state or government, are expected to attend the event, which will be convened by Ban with the aim to generate further actions to reach the MDGs by 2015.



Xinhua