Latvian President Vējonis stated on the 8th that he hopes to further deepen cooperation with China in areas such as transportation and logistics by leveraging the "Belt and Road" Initiative and the "16+1 Cooperation" platform. Vējonis made these remarks while accepting the credentials presented by the new Chinese Ambassador to Latvia, Huang Yong.
Vējonis highly praised the current state of Latvia-China relations, emphasized the high importance placed on developing pragmatic cooperation with China, and expressed satisfaction with the successful entry of Latvian products into the Chinese market, while also welcoming more Chinese enterprises to invest in Latvia.
Huang Yong stated that in recent years, China-Latvia relations have developed well, with solid political ties, promising momentum in economic and trade cooperation, and active cultural exchanges. He expressed his commitment to fully fulfilling his mission during his tenure, taking the implementation of the "Belt and Road" Initiative and the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries as an opportunity to push bilateral pragmatic cooperation to a new level and promote the sustained and healthy development of China-Latvia relations.