(Beijing Comprehensive News) British Foreign Minister Cleverly conducts a formal visit to China on Wednesday (August 30), becoming the first British foreign minister to visit China in five years.Georkeva, president of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will also visit China on the same day.
According to the news released by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Tuesday (29th), Cleverly's visit to China was an invitation from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on Tuesday that maintaining and developing bilateral relations is in line with the common interests of the Chinese and British peoples.
Complex Reuters and Bloomberg reported that Clever was scheduled to visit China at the end of July, but delayed his visit to China due to the unknown where Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang was unknown.
Cleverly will become the highest -level British officials visited China since the epidemic of crown disease.Clever's office said he would meet with Wang Yi and Chinese vice chairman Han Zheng respectively.
On the other hand, a spokesman for the International Monetary Fund said that China will be the first stop of Georkeva's trip to Asia.
According to a spokesman, Gorkoya will meet with senior Chinese officials during China and leave on September 3.Later, she went to Indonesia, participated in the Asianian Leaders Summit held in Jakarta, and then attended the G20 Summit of the 20th G20 (G20) summit at New Delhi, India.
