Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said the US should not allow itself to be misled by the Kremlin. At the same time, Beijing reaffirmed its friendship with Moscow.
Wang says China-Russia relations moving to ‘new level’
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said that his country was eager to work with Russia on the “cause of peace” as he prepared to meet his counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
Wang added that the pair would be pushing Chinese-Russian relations to a “new level.”
“We will work together to make new contributions to the cause of peace and development for humanity,” Wang said in Moscow.
He added that “the comprehensive cooperation between China and Russia in the new era will definitely rejuvenate with new vitality and advance to a new stage.”
Ukrainian FM says mineral deal talks with US ongoing
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told a press conference on Tuesday that Washington and Kyiv were still working on a mutually acceptable text for a minerals deal betweeen their two countries.
He said that a first round of negotiations had already taken place over a new text, a month after President Trump insulted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House.
“This process will continue and we will work with our American colleagues to reach a mutually acceptable text for signing,” Sybiha said.
Zelenskyy left the first meeting without signing a deal as intended. A new deal will reportedly include language that calls for a strong US business presence in Ukraine.
