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Chinese Foreign Ministry says ambassador died of ‘health reasons’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian confirms that ambassador Du Wei, 57, died unexpectedly “of health reasons,” a day ago, according to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of Ambassador Du and would like to extend our deepest condolences to his family. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently conducting the follow-up work,” Zhao says, according to the paper.
The ministry said Sunday it believed the death was of natural causes but details still needed to be verified.
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