Beijing, July 8 (PL-RHC) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visits to Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, starting in mid-July, was announced officially in Beijing on Monday.

The information on Xi's tour, who will attend the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit on July 15th and 16th in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, coincides with the beginning of a tour by a group of journalists from those countries, at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

During his stay in Brazil, President Xi will meet with representatives of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), with whom he will discuss issues related to the Economic Forum between the two parties, scheduled for late 2014 in Beijing.

The Chinese leader is responding to an invitation from President Cristina Fernández (Argentina), Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela) and Raúl Castro (Cuba).

The details of the tour were provided by Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.