Tag: Chinese assistant Foreign Ministry Kong Xuanyou

Beijing says should be no S.China Sea talk at Asia-Europe summit

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The South China Sea is not on the agenda and should not be discussed at a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia at the end of the week attended by China’s premier, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday (July 11). The Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, will be the first important diplomatic gathering after the July 12 ruling by an arbitration court hearing a dispute between China and […]