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BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will miss this year’s ASEAN Regional Forum, after arriving in Moscow on Thursday to join a different gathering, according to Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV.
Foreign ministers from nearly 30 countries, including Japan, South Korea, the United States and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, are expected to participate in ASEAN’s annual meeting, scheduled for Saturday online .
Wang is scheduled to take a trip to four countries, including Kazakhstan, through Wednesday. In Moscow, he is scheduled to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, while holding talks with his Russian and Indian counterparts.
In recent years, Beijing and Washington have clashed over the disputed South China Sea at the ASEAN regional security meeting.
In Wang’s absence, China will be represented by Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui at the forum.
The ARF comprises the 10 ASEAN states, China, Japan, the United States, Russia, North and South Korea, India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the European Union, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, East Timor, Mongolia and Sri Lanka.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
== Kyodo
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