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China’s top diplomat extends Pres. Xi’s greetings to PBBM (Eagle News) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid a courtesy call on Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on Wednesday, July 6, extending to him the message of congratulations of Chinese president Xi Jinping. China’s top diplomat wore a barong Tagalog when he visited Malacanang for his courtesy call on President Marcos Jr. President Marcos said that they discussed several matters including the commitment to […]
by Beiyi SEOW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China does not want to be impacted by Western economic sanctions on Russia, state media reported Tuesday, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow. Beijing has refused to condemn its close ally Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while blaming the United States and NATO’s “eastward expansion” for worsening tensions. Moscow and Beijing have grown closer in recent times, […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Monday elevated the status of its current foreign minister and selected a new defense minister as the country deals with rocky relations with the United States and expands its military. The rubber-stamp National People’s Congress endorsed the appointment of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, 64, as state councilor, making him a ranking member of the country’s “cabinet.” He replaces Yang Jiechi, China’s former top diplomat, who was tipped for a […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Top diplomats of the two Koreas met on the sidelines of a regional forum in Manila, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday, citing an official from Seoul’s foreign ministry. The South’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha had a brief encounter with her Northern counterpart Ri Yong-Ho ahead of an Association of Southeast Asian Regional Forum dinner on Sunday, Yonhap said. Kang urged Ri to accept Seoul’s offers of military talks to lower […]
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) — Brazil’s chancellor, Jose Serra, said authorities should withhold any premature conclusion on what caused the plane crash in Colombia which virtually wiped out a Brazilian soccer team among 71 victims on Monday night. Serra spoke alongside his Colombian counterpart, Maria Angela Holguin, on Wednesday (November 30) on arriving in the western Colombian city of Medellin near to where the crash took place. “With respect to subjective analyses of the accident, we […]
NIZIP, Turkey (AFP) –France’s foreign minister urged the international community to “do everything” to end the “massacre” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday after fighting resumed following a 72-hour truce declared by Damascus ally Russia. Speaking in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said: “We’re 150 km (93 miles) — perhaps no further — from Aleppo. And right now bombing, artillery continue to destroy this city and massacre the population.” […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Vietnam has warned that the inability of Southeast Asian nations to forge a unified front against Beijing’s militarization of the South China Sea is a “test” of the regional bloc in the face of its greatest security challenge. The unusually strong comments from a key claimant to the contested waters, comes as diplomats meet in Laos for the first summit since a UN-backed tribunal debunked Beijing’s legal claim to vast stretches […]
