For
immediate release
19
September 2007
PRESS
COMMUNIQUE - COMMUNIQUE PRESSE
NATO PA PRESIDENT VISITS CHINA
José Lello,
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), together with Simon
Lunn, Secretary General, is conducting a Presidential visit to
China, from
17 to 20 September.
Mr Lello is holding
meetings in Beijing with senior officials from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Quan, the
Ministry of Commerce and the Chinese PeopleÂ’s Political Consultative Conference.
A visit to ShenyangÂ’s industrial park, hosted by
local authorities, will conclude Mr. LelloÂ’s trip to
China.
For
further information, please contact
e-mail:
Press@nato-pa.int
NATO
Parliamentary Assembly
Place
du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Tél:
(32) 2 513 28 65 | Fax: (32) 2 514 18 47 |
website:
http:// www.nato-pa.int
|
Background
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly, founded
in 1955 with a Brussels-based secretariat,
brings
together 248 national parliamentarians from the 26 NATO countries.
In
addition, 16 associate delegations from Central and
Eastern
Europe,
Ukraine
and Russia;
5 Mediterranean
Associate delegations: Morocco,
Algeria,
Jordan,
Mauritania
and Israel
and
6 Parliamentary Observer delegations participate in Assembly activities and
meetings.
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