Foreign and Military Affairs

Chinese envoy to attend Kuwait Liberation Day gala

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-17 16:55
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BEIJING - A Chinese special envoy will attend the 20th anniversary ceremony of Kuwait's Liberation Day on February 26, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu Thursday.

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Liu Peng, Chinese sports chief, will attend the ceremony as an envoy of President Hu Jintao, said Ma at a regular news briefing.

The Liberation Day celebrates the liberation of Kuwait by a multi-national force from seven months of traumatic Iraqi occupation on February 26, 1991.