President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China in early July,while reiterating its defence of the two countries’ nuclear cooperation.

Zardari will visit from July 6 to 11, meeting President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told.

He said he had no information on whether any trade or other agreements would be signed during the trip.

Last month, the United States said it had asked China to clarify the details of a nuclear reactor deal between the two sides.

The deal comes after China in 2004 entered the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a group of nuclear energy states that forbids exports to nations lacking strict International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.

The state-run China National Nuclear Corporation has agreed to finance two civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan’s Punjab province.