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 situation in Iraq and the reconstruction process of the country, the sources said.

Iraq, Egypt, the Group of Eight, China, the United Nations, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Conference and the European Union are expected to attend the meeting.

(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2004)