On 12-13 March 2024 in Beijing, as a series of consultations with permanent members of the United Nations Security Council continued, a discussion was held with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China about matters on the United Nations agenda, including Russia’s war against Ukraine and the Latvian-Chinese cooperation in international organizations. The meeting was co-chaired by the Ambassador-at-Large, Director of the UN Security Council Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, and the Director-General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Shen Bo.
Andrejs Pildegovičs introduced the Chinese diplomats to the priorities of Latvia’s candidacy for the UNSC, and the officials discussed the practical aspects of membership of the UNSC Latvia is a first-time candidate in the 2025 UNSC elections for the period of 2026–2027. The UNSC membership would be one of the most important instruments for the implementation and protection of Latvia’s foreign policy interests, as well as allowing Latvia to further expand its international cooperation, thereby contributing to world peace and stability.
Andrejs Pildegovičs also met with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Hua Chunying, for a discussion on bilateral relations and relations between the European Union and China.
As part of his visit, Andrejs Pildegovičs had meetings with the Head of the EU Delegation to China, Jorge Toledo, the UN Resident Coordinator in China, Siddharth Chatterjee, and the leadership and researchers from China’s leading think-tanks – the Centre for China and Globalisation and the Institute of European Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences – to exchange views on international and regional security issues.
Read more about Latvia’s candidacy to the UN Security Council (2026–2027)
Bilateral relations between the Republic of Latvia and the People’s Republic of China (in Latvian)
