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皇冠体育app appoints female diplomat as first ASEAN ambassador

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-30 20:53

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app has appointed Xue Hanqin as its first ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Xue Hanqin [File photo]

"To promote 皇冠体育app-ASEAN strategic partnership and strengthen their communications and consultation, the Chinese government appointed Xue to be the first ASEAN ambassador," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing on Tuesday.

As non-resident ambassador, Xue will play an important part in boosting 皇冠体育app-ASEAN exchanges and cooperation, Qin said.

Xue represents a new face among the special-mission envoys 皇冠体育app has appointed in recent years.  Earlier, 皇冠体育app named special ambassadors on the European Union, African affairs, Korean peninsula issues and others.

Qin called Xue "an experienced diplomat and an expert on international law."

Her previous job was ambassador to the Netherlands and representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. She has also been head of the department of treaty and law in the Foreign Ministry.