China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, is set to visit Canada next week, marking the first bilateral visit to Canada by a Chinese foreign affairs minister since 2016.
Wang will meet with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in Ottawa on May 28 to “advance pragmatic engagement and the implementation of the updated Canada-China Strategic Partnership,” Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said in a May 22 news release.
GAC says the meeting will include discussions on trade and investment, global security, and “respective bilateral issues.”
Wang’s visit comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China with Anand in January.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced the visit at a press conference in Beijing on May 22, saying the meeting comes at the invitation of Anand….