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Chinese presidential envoy to attend New Suez Canal inauguration

Xinhua, July 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Culture Minister Luo Shugang will attend the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal on August 6 as a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei announced on Wednesday.

Luo will travel to Egypt at the invitation of the country's president, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. Endi