Mr Qin has not been seen in public for 16 days, an absence which had drawn scrutiny. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will skip an international gathering of top diplomats this week due to his “physical condition”, the government in Beijing said, making a rare disclosure about the health of an official.the annual Asean gathering of foreign ministers in Indonesia.
The meetings that began in Jakarta on Tuesday would have put Mr Qin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the same room for the first time since they met in Beijing last month. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will also be in attendance. Mr Qin has not been seen in public for 16 days, an absence which had drawn scrutiny in recent days. His last official engagement was on June 25, when he met officials from Sri Lanka, Russia and Vietnam, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website. He also participated that day in an event where Chinese Premier Li Qiang met Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.
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