(London News) After the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang disappeared for nearly a month from the public perspective, British Foreign Minister Cleverly postponed his trip to China at the end of this month.
According to Bloomberg News on Friday (July 21), two insiders said that Qin Gang did not publicly appear for nearly a month, which was the main reason why Cleverly visited China.Chinese and Britain are reviewing another date of replacement.
The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to the request of the comment.
Qin Gang's last public appearance was on June 25, and he met with senior officials in Sri Lanka, Russia and Vietnam in Beijing in Beijing.Since then, he has not appeared in a public place for many days.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced at a regular press conference on July 11 that Qin Gang was unable to attend the China -Asia Gyeongan (ASEAN) Foreign Minister meeting held in Indonesia due to health reasons.
Another Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Mao Ning was asked by foreign media to ask Qin Gang's whereabouts and when he recovered, etc. at a regular press conference on July 17, but said that "do not understand your place"Saying" "No more other information can be provided."
When the Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng responded to Qin Gang's whereabouts at the Aspen Security Forum on July 19, he laughed and said, "Let's wait to see it."
Cleverly was officially invited by China to visit China, which was reported by British and American media in June.