China foreign minister walks out moments before Asean meeting gala dinner
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Aug 4, 2022.
PHOTO: Reuters
PUBLISHED ONAugust 05, 2022 1:35 AM
PHNOM PENH - The Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi walked out before the start of a gala dinner of foreign ministers at a meeting in Cambodia on Thursday (Aug 4) and was seen leaving the venue in a vehicle, witnesses said.
Wang Yi waved to media as he entered a holding room for the dinner and then walked out of the venue, without giving a reason, according to Reuters journalists.
Two witnesses working at the venue told Reuters Wang Yi was seen leaving in a vehicle.
The dinner was attended by more than a dozen foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan's Yoshimasa Hayashi, and senior diplomats of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
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