Ministry assigns tasks to new officials

New responsibilities for vice-foreign ministers Fu and Cui

China assigned European and US affairs to Fu Ying and Cui Tiankai, two newly appointed vice-foreign ministers, but who will head the Six-Party Talks is still unknown.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on its website over the weekend that Cui Tiankai, vice-foreign minister and former ambassador to Japan, will be in charge of the North American and Oceanian Affairs, which was previously headed by He Yafei, who left the post in January.