China’s top diplomat to visit Vietnam: foreign ministry
By : AFP
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30 November 2023 12:35pm WAT
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(FILES) This handout picture taken and released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 19, 2023 shows Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee Wang Yi (R) shaking hands with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) as they meet in Beijing. - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, a key figure of American diplomacy in the post-World War II era, died November 29, 2023 at the age of 100, his association said. (Photo by Handout / China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / CHINA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
(FILES) This handout picture taken and released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 19, 2023 shows Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee Wang Yi (R) shaking hands with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) as they meet in Beijing. - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, a key figure of American diplomacy in the post-World War II era, died November 29, 2023 at the age of 100, his association said. (Photo by Handout / China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / CHINA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
(FILES) This handout picture taken and released by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 19, 2023 shows Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee Wang Yi (R) shaking hands with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) as they meet in Beijing. – Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, a key figure of American diplomacy in the post-World War II era, died November 29, 2023 at the age of 100, his association said. (Photo by Handout / China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP) / —–EDITORS NOTE — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / CHINA’S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – —–EDITORS NOTE — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs ” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will visit Vietnam on Friday for bilateral talks, Beijing’s foreign ministry said.
On the invitation of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Wang will go to Vietnam from December 1 to 2, Beijing said.
He will chair the 15th meeting of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee, it added, a forum that has traditionally seen the two countries discuss trade and economic cooperation.
Vietnam, which fought a war with China between 1979 and 1988, is wary of its giant northern neighbour, and is one of a handful of countries with claims on the many islets and outcrops that dot the South China Sea.
Beijing claims almost the entire sea, through which trillions of dollars in trade passes annually, and has ignored an international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.
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