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Premier Wen meets Latvian PM Godmanis

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-23 12:00

BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Saturday morning with Prime Minister of Latvia Ivars Godmanis who is here to attend the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, scheduled for Sunday night, and other relevant activities.

Wen said China is glad to see that the Beijing Games has contributed to promoting unity, friendship and exchanges between people of different countries in the world.

He said that though the Beijing Olympic Games is going to close soon, the Olympic spirit will stay forever.

Godmanis said it is not his first time to attend Olympic Games, but "I have to say the organization and everything that has been done (at the Beijing Games) are on the highest level,"

He said he once visited China in 1995 with then Latvian president and he found that amazing change has taken place in Beijing since then.