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Dutch foreign minister will visit China on May 23-24- China

China Wopke Hoekstra

FILE PHOTO: Netherlands Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra meets with his U.S. counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, India March 2, 2023. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS

Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra will visit China on May 23-24, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.

Last Thursday, Hoekstra had said during a parliament debate that he would travel to China to speak, among others, with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang and would raise "easy and difficult subjects".

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom, Charlotte Van Campenhout from Amsterdam; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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