Wang Yi

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (l) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi exchange documents during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State House in Beijing, China, Monday. [EPA]

China is supporting Turkey's efforts for national security, stability and economy, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wang Yi said after speaking with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on the phone on Aug. 18.

China hopes to work with Japan to get relations back onto a normal track, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart yesterday, amid a series of disputes, some dating back to before World War II.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Myanmar President Htin Kyaw on Nov. 20 that China is willing to keep playing a constructive role over the Rakhine state issue, China's foreign ministry said.

South Korea approved a plan yesterday to send $8 million worth of aid to North Korea, as China warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula was getting more serious by the day and the war of words between Pyongyang and Washington continued.

World leaders have been pushing for tougher sanctions on North Korea after its latest and the most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, while Pyongyang pledged to take "powerful counter measures" to respond to U.S. pressure or any new sanctions against it over its missile programme. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping sought yesterday to move past a tense border dispute with India, telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the two nuclear-armed neighbors should pursue "healthy, stable" relations, according to China's state media.

China will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea starting on Aug. 15, following through on new U.N. sanctions after U.S. pressure for Beijing to strong-arm Pyongyang over its ally's nuclear program.

China will pay the biggest price from the new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the country, but will always enforce the resolutions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said.

The United States and China piled new pressure on North Korea on Aug. 6 to abandon its nuclear missile program after the U.N. Security Council approved tough new sanctions which could cost Pyongyang $1 billion a year.