Text size Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit China next week, Beijing said Friday. The visit will take place from Monday to Thursday, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing. Anwar was elected in 2022 and has visited China twice since then, describing the country as “a great friend”…
Text size US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said he supported calls for investigations into “election-related violations” in Georgia, where legislative elections were won by the ruling party, seen as close to Russia. Citing reports from international and local observers, the top US diplomat said the pre-election environment was marked by “vote buying…
India and China reached a border patrol agreement after years of prolonged negotiations, at both the diplomatic and military levels. That paved the way for the first bilateral meeting since October 2019 between Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While Xi and Modi held an ‘impromptu meeting’ along the sidelines of…
China confirmed on October 22 that it has reached an agreement with India to end the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, PTI reported. “Over a recent period, China and India have been in close communication through diplomatic and military channels on issues related to the China-India border,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping departed on Tuesday on his way to a BRICS summit in Russia, state news agency Xinhua said. Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit, which is the biggest such meeting in the country since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. mjw/oho/mca Source…
China’s giant panda ambassadors JANIS LATVELS Text size Mexico Taiwan Japan Indonesia Singapore Malaysia Denmark Neth. Belgium France Spain Qatar Macau Hong Kong South Korea Russia Germany Australia Finland United States 2 3 6 4 5 8 1 China’s giant panda ambassadors 67 individuals living in zoos outside mainland China Source link
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday told his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un that Beijing hoped to “deepen friendly… cooperation” with Pyongyang, as the two leaders exchanged messages to mark a major diplomatic anniversary. China and North Korea are traditional socialist allies, and Beijing has long provided crucial support for Pyongyang’s diplomatically…
Japan’s new Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Wednesday that Tokyo wants a “stable relationship” with China based on common interests, although “what we need to assert will be asserted”. “We hope to mutually work towards building a constructive and stable relationship,” Iwaya said in his first press conference after being nominated by Prime Minister…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Heather Khalifa Text size RECASTS with Blinken remarks US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday questioned China’s sincerity in seeking peace in Ukraine as he directly pressed his counterpart over exports that boost Russia’s…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continuing a multiday U.S. visit, addressed a cultural celebration on Long Island Sunday, where he praised the United States’ return of nearly 300 antiquities to India and relayed news of his country’s dual win at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, to an enthusiastic crowd. “I just got some very…