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China to send Vice-President Han Zheng to UN General Assembly – not top diplomat Wang Yi
- Han, whose role is largely symbolic, will take part in UN’s annual policymaking sessions in New York
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi could still make separate US trip as Beijing and Washington officials pave way for possible Xi-Biden summit
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Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, an event that was expected to be attended by top diplomat Wang Yi.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning confirmed on Friday that Han would represent China at the intergovernmental body’s annual policymaking sessions, which starts on September 19.
Mao said Han would attend the assembly’s general debate and hold talks with the UN secretary general, the assembly’s president and leaders of “relevant countries”.
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Wang would visit Moscow on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
Formerly China’s top-ranked vice-premier, Han was appointed vice-president in March, months after leaving the ruling Communist Party’s top decision-making body, the Politburo, in a power reshuffle last October.
Washington previously invited Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and foreign minister, to visit the United States, raising assumptions that he would also attend the UN meeting.
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