The British Foreign Minister’s visit to Beijing was canceled due to the absence of the Chinese Foreign Minister.
Bloomberg news agency, announcing the delay of the British Foreign Minister’s visit to Beijing, claimed that the reason for this issue is the absence of the Chinese Foreign Minister in public for the past month.
Bloomberg news agency, quoting sources, announced the delay of British Foreign Minister James Cleverley’s trip to China.
Bloomberg has claimed that the reason for the delay of this trip is the absence of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in public in recent weeks.
According to this news agency, James Cleverly’s trip was already planned for the end of this month (July). According to informed sources, the absence of the Chinese Foreign Minister is the main reason for this issue, but another source told Bloomberg that this is one of the reasons for canceling his trip to Beijing at this time.
China and Britain are now negotiating to set another date for the British Foreign Secretary’s visit to Beijing.
According to Bloomberg, the Chinese foreign minister has not been seen in public since June 25 (about a month ago). The last time he was seen in a meeting with the officials of Russia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam was on this date.
On July 11, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that Qin Gang will not travel to the ASEAN meeting in Jakarta due to physical problems, and Wang Yi, the head of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Foreign Affairs, attended the meeting instead.
Wang Yi was previously the foreign minister of China.
After a period of tense relations with China and the cancellation of heavy commercial contracts with this country following the policies of the Donald Trump administration, the London government has called for the development of trade relations with China again in an obvious turn, and Cleverley’s visit to Beijing should be evaluated in this context.
