Chinas top diplomat to visit Vietnam again amid sea dispute BEIJING Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:34am EDT (Reuters) - Chinas top diplomat will visit Vietnam next week, China said on Friday, five months after he last visited during a period of tension over a Chinese oil drilling rig working in part of the South China Sea both countries claim. State Councillor Yang Jiechi, who outranks the foreign minister, will arrive in Vietnam on Monday for meetings with Vietnam Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Chinas foreign ministry said in a statement. The two would discuss Sino-Vietnam bilateral cooperation, the ministry said. It did not elaborate. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, speaking about the visit at a daily briefing, described the recent dispute as a temporary difficulty that had been appropriately handled. reuters/article/2014/10/24/us-china-vietnam-idUSKCN0ID05T20141024
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:17:39 +0000
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