Latvian Member of European Parliament Piks and His Party in China

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, Latvian member of the European Parliament Rihards Piks and three others paid a visit to Beijing, Lhasa and Shanghai from July 19 to 26, 2005. Piks, a senior Latvian states- man, has served as cultural min- ister, foreign minister and deputy speaker of the Latvian Parlia- ment. Last year after Latvia joined the EU, he was elected member of the European Parliament. The aim of Piks and his party’s visit to China was to obtain know- ledge about the socia…