CCP Foreign Minister Locks in Visit to Australia

Published on March 13, 2024

CCP Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Australia next week on March 20. Beijing’s representative is slated to visit Canberra and will meet Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong for a ministerial dialogue where the case of detained Australian Yang Hengjun will likely be front and centre. “[Australian foreign minister] Penny Wong issued a formal invitation to Wang,” according to a source who spoke to the South China Morning Post, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. “The invitation was the formal conclusion of discussions between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and [the Chinese] embassy over a couple of weeks.” Mr. Wang is expected to spend a day in Canberra and another in Sydney....

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