Hu's envoy to attend Chavez's funeral
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Photo provided by the Presidency of Venezuela shows Venezuelan officers and soldiers carrying the coffin of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the Military Academy in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on March 6, 2013. The coffin of Chavez was transferred from a hospital to the chapel of Military Academy on Wednesday night for a wake, after more than six hours of parade in Caracas. [Photo/Xinhua] |
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao's envoy will attend the funeral of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this week, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said here on Thursday.
Hua said Zhang Ping, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, will go to Venezuela as the special envoy of Hu for Chavez's funeral to be held on Friday.
The Chinese president as well as Chinese leaders Xi Jinping and Wu Bangguo have already sent messages of condolence to Venezuela after Chavez's death.
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Photo provided by the Presidency of Venezuela shows Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, 1st left, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, 2nd left, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales, 3rd left, stand next to the coffin of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Military Academy in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on March 6, 2013. The coffin of Chavez was transferred from a hospital to the chapel of Military Academy on Wednesday night for a wake, after more than six hours of parade in Caracas. [Photo/Xinhua] |
