China Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit UK for talks with Lammy: Report
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China's Wang Yi will hold talks with his UK counterpart David Lammy in mid-February.
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LONDON - China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Britain in February to hold talks with his UK counterpart David Lammy, The Guardian reported on Jan 26.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office (FCDO) is making plans to host Mr Wang in mid-February, the report said, citing three people briefed on the plans.
The purpose of Mr Wang’s visit was to hold a Britain-China strategic dialogue for the first time since 2018, the report added, citing one of the people briefed on the matter.
The FCDO did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while the Chinese foreign ministry could not be immediately reached for comment.
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The Labour government, in power in Britain since July, has made improving ties with China one of its main foreign policy goals after a period under successive Conservative governments when relations plunged to their lowest level in decades. REUTERS
