"Time flies, and my term of office is coming to an end. The three years of walking side by side with all the overseas Chinese and struggling together are unforgettable."
On June 8, the official WeChat public account of China in Burkina Faso published the "Message to Overseas Chinese in Burkina" by Lu Shan, Ambassador to Burkina Faso, which disclosed the news of his upcoming resignation.
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Lu Shan served as deputy director and director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the position of government counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Serbia, and the counselor of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2019, he served as deputy director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later served as deputy secretary-general of the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Cooperation Secretariat.
In June 2022, Lu Shan replaced Li Jian as China's Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
The Burkina Faso system is located in the landlocked country in western Africa.
In September 1973, China established diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso. On February 2, 1994, the Burmese government and the Taiwan authorities signed a communiqué for the "resumption of diplomatic relations"; on February 4, the Chinese government announced the suspension of diplomatic relations with Burmese. On May 24, 2018, Burkina Faso announced that it would "severe diplomatic relations" on the same stage; on May 26, the two countries signed the "Joint Communiqué between the People's Republic of China and Burkina Faso on the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations", and the ambassador-level diplomatic relations will be officially restored from now on. In September 2024, the two countries established a strategic partnership. Source: The Paper
