Chinese Primer Li Keqiang will attend the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders' meeting via video conference on August 24, China's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

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Li will co-chair the meeting with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said at a daily media briefing.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Myanmar President U Win Myint will also be in attendance.

In 2014, China initiated LMC, consisting of six countries – China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The Lancang River originates on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. It is called the Mekong River as it flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam before emptying into the sea.

(With input from Xinhua News Agency)