BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo will be held on April 30. Foreign leaders and distinguished guests to attend the opening ceremony include:
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of DPRK Kim Yong Nam, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika, Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure, Malta President George Abela, Micronesian President Emanuel Mori, Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Palestinian President and Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak, Seychelles President James Alix Michel, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung are on the attendance list as well.
Besides, speakers of legislative bodies, deputy heads and ministers of over 20 countries will also attend the opening ceremony.
