On the afternoon of July 23rd, Mr. Sergey Potapkins, secretary-general of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Latvian Parliament, visited the SIES, and exchanged ideas and opinions with Chinese scholars on the topics of the “One Road One Belt” Initiative, the Ukraine Crisis, and the Greek issues. The Chinese scholars participating in this meeting included: Prof. WU Yikang, Prof. XU Mingqi, Prof. ZHENG Chunrong, Prof. DAI Qixiu, Prof. WANG Zhiqiang, Prof. CUI Hongwei, Prof. LI Lifan, Prof. XIN Hua, Dr. CAO Ziheng, Ms. YE Yuming, Dr. YANG Haifeng, and Mr. SONG Qing.