Foreign Minister to meet Ambassador of China

07 Mar 2008


On 10 March the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Latvia, Zhang Limin, will make an introductory visit to the Foreign Minister, Maris Riekstins. At the meeting it is intended to review topical questions of bilateral relations between Latvia and China, economic co-operation, and current issues related to international politics.

Zhang Limin has held the post of Ambassador to Latvia since November 2007, and is the fifth Ambassador of the People's Republic of China since 1994, when the Chinese Embassy was opened in Riga.


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