Chinese envoy to attend Iraq conference in Egypt

Chinese Permanent Representative to the United

Nations Wang Guangya will attend the international conference on Iraq slated for

Nov. 22-23 in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, as the envoy of the

Chinese government, according to sources with the Foreign Ministry Wednesday.

China hopes the conference will help expand the consensus of various

parties and be conducive to the stabilization of situationin Iraq and the

reconstruction process of the country, the sourcessaid.

Iraq, Egypt, the Group of Eight, China, the United Nations, theArab League,

the Organization of Islamic Conference and the European Union are expected to

attend the meeting.