Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Brazzaville on June 19 (Monday )on a two-day official visit to the Republic of the Congo at the invitation of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

The Republic of the Congo is the third leg of Wen's seven-African nation tour, which has already taken him to Egypt and Ghana. He will also visit Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

This will be Wen's second visit to Africa since he participated in the Second Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Ethiopia in December 2003.