His Excellency Mr. De Hoop
Scheffer
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
The
Kingdom of the Netherlands
The
Hague
Thank you for your
message of congratulations when I assumed my new
post.
On the occasion of your
re-assumption of the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to extend to
you my warm congratulations and best wishes. May the
friendly cooperative relations between China and The
Netherlands continue to develop.
TANG
Jiaxuan
State Councilor of
The Peoples
Republic of China
Beijing,
29 May 2003