Latvia hopes to develop relations with China

Latvia was keen to develop relations with China, parliament Chairwoman Ingrida Udre said on Thursday.

In an interview with a local newspaper, Udre, who paid a visit to China on Aug. 11-19, said the tour gave her a very good impression.

She said she and her parliamentary delegation received a warm reception in Beijing, indicating that China hoped to push forward the development of relations with Latvia, a member state of the European Union.

Latvia should learn from China, which had engineered a "record-breaking" economic reform in a short period of time and made astonishing achievements, Udre said.

The chairwoman said Latvia could make profits in transit goods from China, whose industry is developing at a high speed. In this regard, she added it was important to build a new "Silk Road" linking China, Kazakhstan and Russia.

Source: Xinhua