Luo Zhaohui is appointed vice minister of foreign affairs
BEIJING, May 29 (Gwadar Pro) - The State Council, China's cabinet, appointed Luo Zhaohui as vice minister of foreign affairs to replace Kong Xuanyou. Prior to the appointment, Luo has served as ambassador to Pakistan, Canada and India. Kong has been appointed as the new ambassador to Japan.
Luo Zhaohui was born in Hubei Province of China in February, 1962. His first diplomatic post was in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in 1985. Between 2006 and 2010, he served as Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan. From 2011 to 2014, he was Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs, MFA. He was then sent to the embassy of China in Canada for 2 years, and then was appointed the ambassador to India in 2016.
As Chinese envoy to India, Luo published an article titled "Strengthen Inter-connectivity Cooperation and Share BRI Opportunities” on India's leading news website Hindustan Times on May 6, 2019. He briefed readers about the results delivered in the second Belt and Road Forum, reiterated win-win cooperation as the core of BRI, and shared his expectations for India’s participation. He said, “it is noted that India was once again absent from the Forum. I believe India has the least reason to be absent.”
On May 13, Pakistani Ambassador to China Masood Khalid in China conferred on then Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou the civil award of "Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam" on behalf of President Arif Alvi of Pakistan, in recognition of Kong Xuanyou's contributions to the development of China-Pakistan friendship, the enhancement of China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, and the promotion of effective exchanges among senior officials.
（Editor:Agnes）
