Commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Latvia

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The People's Republic of China and the Republic of Latvia established diplomatic relations on September 12, 1991. This is a copy of the joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

In July 1994, Chinese Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and visiting Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Gailis signed, on behalf of their respective governments, the Joint communiqué Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Latvia on the Normalization of the Relations.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin and visiting Latvian President Gutis Ulmanis signed the Joint Statement Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Latvia in December 1994.

Latvian President Gutis Ulmanis (first from left) visited China in December 1994. President Gutis Ulmanis cut the ribbon at the opening of the first Latvian trade show in China.

Latvian president Gutis Ulmanis (third from left in the front) toured the Temple of Heaven during his visit to China in December 1994.

Chinese Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen (left in the front) visited Latvia in March 1995. Qian Qichen and Foreign Minister Valdis Birkavs (right in the front) shaking hands after signing the agreement on consultations between the two foreign ministries.

The Agreement on Cultural and Educational Cooperation Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Latvia was formally signed in Riga in September 1996. This is a copy of the Chinese text of the agreement.

Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (second from right) held talks with visiting Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins (second from left) in June 2000.

Li Peng (right), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, met with Janis Straume (left), visiting Chairman of Latvian Congress in June 2001.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin held talks with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga during the visit to Latvia in June 2002.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) held a welcoming ceremony at the Eastern Plaza of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in April 2004, in honor of visiting Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (right).

The Agreement on Economic Cooperation Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Latvia was signed in Beijing in April 2004. This is a copy of the Chinese text of the agreement.

Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga wrote a letter of congratulation to Chinese President Hu Jintao in October 2004 on the 55^th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In May 2005,Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (right in the front) and visiting Latvian Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks (left in the front) signed an agreement on cooperation in archives between the two foreign ministries.