China’s Xi arrives in Kazakhstan on first foreign trip since pandemic

China's Xi arrives in Kazakhstan on first foreign trip since pandemic

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Wednesday (Sep 14), Chinese state media reported.

It is Xi’s first trip to a foreign nation since China all but shut its borders due to COVID-19.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s office showed him greeting Xi at the airport, both leaders wearing white face masks.