Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay official visits to Cambodia, Brunei and Australia from Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu announced here Friday.

Yang was invited by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Nam Hong, Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mohamed Bolkiah and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Jiang said.

She said China and Australia will start up a China-Australia strategic dialogue during Yang's stay in Australia.

(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2008)