Chinese FM to attend ASEAN Plus foreign ministers' meetings
08 Jul 2025, 14:47 GMT+10
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a series of meetings of foreign ministers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from July 10 to 11, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will attend the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting, said the spokesperson.
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