China’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson Lin Jian gestures during a press conference in Beijing. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: China warned the EU on Wednesday against sanctioning its companies, after Brussels proposed a fresh wave of measures over Beijing’s support for Russia in its war with Ukraine. The EU’s latest round of sanctions since Moscow’s…
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, March 12, 2026. Ng Han Guan/AP Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the media center, in…
European Union members have observed an uptick in China’s support for Russia, multiple sources said, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine prepares to drag into its fourth year. Officials are parsing evidence of an increase in battlefield weapons being shipped from China to Russia, to add to the well-documented flow of goods with dual civilian and…
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in two significant multilateral sessions on the concluding day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting (FMM) in the Niagara region, but the highlight of his visit was the fresh impetus given to bilateral relations with the host country, Canada. In this image posted on November 12, India’s…
At a meeting in Brussels last month, foreign ministers from the European Union’s 27 member states sat down to discuss the bloc’s plans for the Indo-Pacific region. The conversation, according to several people familiar with it, lasted just seven minutes. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that officials, diplomats and experts are groaning about the lack…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday it was not possible to imagine giving back Russian assets frozen inside the bloc due to the war in Ukraine unless Moscow has paid reparations. “We can’t possibly imagine that … if … there is a ceasefire or peace deal that these assets…
Such demands show Europe is growing more comfortable in putting its positions forward on the resolution of Russia’s war against Ukraine, with views that have recently been more pro-Kyiv than Washington’s under Trump. Chief EU diplomat Kaja Kallas, after an emergency meeting of European foreign ministers on Monday, said that no concessions should be discussed…
The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West — quite literally — in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering. Whether it can lead to a deal to produce peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2…
After tense talks in Beijing and a bruising trade blow from Washington, EU bureaucrats are heading into their August break weary and short of wins, as doubts deepen over the bloc’s global leverage. Last week’s summit in Beijing went off without too much drama, seen as an achievement in itself, given how fraught EU-China ties…
The murmurs of a détente that grew in the first quarter have given way to fresh tensions, with the problems between the two sides multiplying and widening to a surprising degree before Thursday’s showdown in the Chinese capital. In recent months, trade friction and China’s support for Russia have resurfaced as flashpoints, dashing any prospect…