
Hua Chunying pointed out that China values its relationship with Latvia, and the current relations between China and Latvia are maintaining a good momentum of development. She expressed that China looks forward to continuing to work with Latvia to deepen mutual trust, promote cooperation, and advance the friendly cooperative relationship between China and Latvia.
According to reports, on the 3rd, the Latvian parliament elected the current Minister of Defense, Edgars Rinkēvičs, as the new president.
Edgars Rinkēvičs was born in 1966 and served as the Minister of Environment and Regional Development of the Latvian government in 2002, and became the Minister of Defense in 2014.
The term of the President of Latvia is four years, with a maximum of two terms. The current President of Latvia, Raimonds Vējonis, will complete his term on July 7 of this year, and the newly elected President Edgars Rinkēvičs will be sworn in on July 8.





