The following is a transcript of a recent interview given by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group on the international situation and China's diplomacy in 2020.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard voiced willingness to enhance bilateral cooperation in multilateral fields during a phone conversation on Dec 31.
Upon the coming of the New Year of 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged New Year congratulatory messages.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Dec 31, with both sides pledging to further strengthen the Sino-Pakistani all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.
President Xi Jinping and European leaders on Dec 30 announced that the two sides have completed investment agreement negotiations as scheduled.
On December 29, 2020, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the closing ceremony of the 10th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio via video link.
On December 29, 2020, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio via video link.
President Xi Jinping underlined the importance of strategic coordination between China and Russia on Monday, saying that strengthening the countries' partnership can effectively frustrate any attempt to suppress them and harm their relationship.