China names Yang Jiechi as new foreign minister; replaces Li Zhaoxing - Xinhua |
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:00 |
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Li Zhaoxing has been replaced as foreign minister by Yang Jiechi, one of his deputies who is a former ambassador to Washington, state media said.'China's top legislature has approved the cabinet nomination of Yang Jiechi, former ambassador to the United States, as the country's new foreign minister,' the official Xinhua news agency reported'Yang, 57, replaces Li Zhaoxing, 66, who has served as China's top diplomat since 2003,' it added.afp
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