The Standing Committee of the All -Chinese Assembly of People’s Representatives (Parliament) on Tuesday shifted from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Qin Gan and again appointed the head of the office of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Van and.
According to the agency Sinhua. The decision was made at the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the All-Chinese Assembly of People’s Representatives of the 14th convocation, which takes place in the Beijing House of People’s Assembly.
Qin Gan did not appear in public since June 25. The day before, the Foreign Ministry of the China refused to answer the question of his state of health.
The last time Qin Gan held a meeting in Beijing with representatives of Sri Lanka, Russia and Vietnam.
On the appointment of Qin Gan to the post of head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, it became known on December 30 last year. Before that, he served as an ambassador of China to the USA.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister was just Van and: He held this position since 2013.