President Xi leaves for three-nation visit, Obama meeting

President Xi Jinping left Friday morning for state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico, as well as a meeting with US President Barack Obama.

Xi is making the visits at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and US President Barack Obama.

Xi's entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Policy Research Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Li Zhanshu and State Councilor Yang Jiechi.