The tensions were on display as top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations ended a contentious meeting in New Delhi on Thursday with no consensus on the Ukraine war and concerns about China’s widening global influence dominating much of the talks. Meanwhile, China this past weekContinue Reading
OTTAWA: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi that Canada will never tolerate any form of foreign interference in its internal affairs, according to a statement from Joly on Friday (Mar 3). Joly was “direct, firm,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not meet China’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in India as the two sides had already had extended talks in Munich last month, the US State Department spokesperson said on Thursday (Mar 2). Speaking at a regular briefing, NedContinue Reading
KYIV: Kyiv urged the European Union on Thursday (Mar 2) to begin work “as soon as possible” on an 11th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Foreign ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko said Kyiv was grateful for the measures implemented by Brussels so far, but that theContinue Reading
Borrell will meet on the sidelines of the New Delhi summit with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, where he will seek assurances that Beijing will not lend support to Russia’s war effort. “Until now, the answer has been clearly stated by China, ‘it hasn’t happened and it won’t happen,’ butContinue Reading
SYDNEY: Britain’s air force chief says it was “unacceptable” its former pilots were being recruited to train Chinese military, and intelligence agencies in Australia and Britain had shared information to warn pilots against working for Beijing. In October Britain said it would change the law to make it an offenceContinue Reading
BEIJING: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday (Mar 1) hailed his country’s ties with Beijing ahead of a closely watched meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The state visit to the Chinese capital by Lukashenko – a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin – comes after Beijing laidContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday (Feb 28) that the agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are mostContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: China must be more honest about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US ambassador to China said on Monday (Feb 27), after reports that the US Energy Department concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak. Nicholas Burns, speaking by video link at a US ChamberContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: China must be more honest about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US ambassador to China said on Monday (Feb 27), after reports that the US Energy Department concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak. Nicholas Burns, speaking by video link at a US ChamberContinue Reading