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At the invitation of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing by special plane on June 12 to pay state visits to Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine, and attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana and the 15th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. Read the story here.