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Portugal's foreign minister to pay a visit

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced on Friday that Portugal's Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel will visit China from March 24 to 28. Rangel will be the first foreign minister from a European country to visit China following the annual meetings of China's top legislature and top political advisory body this year. Mao said Rangel will hold the second China-Portugal strategic dialogue at the foreign ministers' level with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. "The dialogue will mark the first time that such kind of meeting takes place in person. It is expected to enhance the two sides' communication and collaboration, and to implement important consensuses reached by the two countries' leaders," she said.