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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that he had no information to offer at the moment when asked to comment on a media report that President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia next week. The Guardian reported on Thursday that plans are underway in Saudi Arabia for a gala reception for Xi, without saying where it got the information from. Xi has not made any official visit to a foreign country since January 2020. (Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard; writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
