BEIJING — Premier Li Keqiang will visit Laos and attend the 11th East Asia Summit in Vientiane next week at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Aug 30.

Hua Chunying said Premier Li will also attend the 19th China-ASEAN (10+1) leaders’ meeting, a summit marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and the ASEAN, and the 19th ASEAN-China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (10+3) leaders’ meeting from Sept 6 to 9.