Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the Czech Republic and attend a nuclear security summit in the United States, a foreign ministry spokesman announced on Wednesday.

Xi will pay a state visit to the Czech Republic from March 28 to 30 at the invitation of Czech President Milos Zeman, spokesman Lu Kang said.

Invited by US President Barack Obama, President Xi will attend the fourth Nuclear Security Summit in Washington from March 31 to April 1, Lu said.