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Chinese president's special envoy to attend Karimov's funeral

Xinhua, September 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, as special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will attend the funeral of late Uzebk President Islam Karimov on Saturday.

Zhang was at the invitation of the Uzebk side, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying here on Saturday.

Karimov, who had served as president of the newly independent republic since 1991, suffered a brain hemorrhage on Aug. 27.

His funeral will be held on Saturday in the historic town of Samarkand, where he was born, a government statement said, adding that a three-day period of mourning would start on the same day. Endi