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Sergei Lavrov in China to Discuss Ukraine and Asia-Pacific

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China for an official visit on Monday, his ministry said, as the two countries look to strengthen diplomatic ties as Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on. The Foreign Ministry announced that Lavrov had touched down in Beijing in a post on X on Monday morning. He will spend two days in the ...

Russia and China Agree to Strengthen Strategic Cooperation

Beijing will strengthen its strategic cooperation with Russia, said a top diplomat on Tuesday during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's most recent visit to China. China's top diplomat said on Tuesday that Beijing would strengthen its strategic cooperation with Moscow and that the two must stand on the side of "fairness and justice" as he ...

Xi Tells Blinken, We Should Be "Partners, Not Rivals"

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world's biggest economies should be "partners, not rivals" as the two sides pressed for headway on a range of concerns. Blinken, in China for the second time in less than a year, pointed to improvements in the relationship but urged greater action from Beijing on ...

Blinken in Laos for Key Talks with Chinese Counterpart

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hit out at China's "escalatory and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea on Saturday, hours before he was due to hold talks with Beijing's top diplomat at a regional meeting in Laos. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Saturday, where he will attend a regional meeting and hold talks with ...

Top White House Official in China for Talks

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet top diplomat Wang Yi for tense talks as China was embroiled in security rows with key American allies Japan and the Philippines. On Monday, US treaty ally Japan scrambled fighters after a Chinese military aircraft's incursion into its airspace, which Tokyo called a ...