Wang Yi

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has accused the head of the European Parliament of defending the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after the latter criticized the detention of journalists and opposition lawmakers on terror charges.
      

France and China will set up a fund for joint investment in overseas projects, France's foreign minister said on Oct. 31, as China's voracious appetite for overseas acquisitions continues to grow despite some recent stumbles in overseas markets. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on March 11 urged the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura to include Kurds in upcoming talks that aim to resolve the five-year Syrian civil war, while also lashing out at Turkey for blocking the Syrian Kurds from being involved in the talks.

The United States and China have agreed on a UN resolution on North Korea's nuclear "provocations," the White House announced on Feb. 24, with diplomats saying it would include fresh sanctions and could go to a Security Council vote soon.

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, Taiwan and U.S. officials said, while Chinese FM Wang Yi on Feb. 17 sought to downplay reports that China had positioned anti-aircraft missiles.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on Jan. 27 on the need for a significant new U.N. Security resolution targeting North Korea after its Jan. 6 nuclear test, though there were few signs of concrete progress.

Syria is ready to take part in peace talks in Geneva and hopes that the dialogue will help it form a national unity government, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Dec. 24 during a visit to Beijing.

A top U.N. official says Geneva will host new diplomatic talks in January aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict.

Michael Moller, the head of the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters Dec. 22 that the talks are to take place in the U.N. office in the Swiss city, though he says no date has been set under the guidance of United Nations' Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura. 

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country is interested in operating Greek Cypriot ports and to help turn the small east Mediterranean island nation into a regional shipping hub.

Yi also said after talks on Dec. 21 with his Greek Cypriot counterpart, Ioannis Kasoulides, that China is looking to develop industrial zones around the ports.

Bulgaria and China have signed an educational exchange agreement to fully tap into the development potential of that specific sector of bilateral relations, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said on Thursday.