Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi: I will be in charge of tariff negotiations with the United States.
First Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament: The Putin-Trump summit should be fully prepared, and aides have started preparations.
U.S. State Department: Secretary of State Rubio held talks with Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar Jaishankar. Rubio stressed the need for immediate measures to de-escalate the situation and support direct dialogue between India and Pakistan.
The European Union's foreign affairs chief is blunt: these are "tense" and "disruptive" times she has never seen... click to view...
Foreign Minister Wang Yi: China will host the SCO Summit in Tianjin.
According to Izvestia: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said that the next round of Russia-US negotiations will be held in Riyadh and will be conducted at the level of department heads, not vice ministers.
According to RIA Novosti, a senior Russian diplomat said that Russian and American representatives plan to hold another round of meetings in a third country in the next two weeks.
On February 20, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference. Reuters reporters asked about the US State Department's revision of the US-China relations page. Guo Jiakun said that the US State Department revised the US-China relations page and the list of facts about US-China relations, distorted the truth, slandered China's foreign policy, and promoted the so-called Sino-US strategic competition. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it.
On February 16, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a phone call with US Secretary of State Rubio on the 15th. The two sides agreed to maintain regular contact and prepare for the meeting between the Russian and US heads of state. According to the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the call was initiated by the US side. Since the first call between the Russian dollar on the 12th of this month, the heads of the foreign ministries of the two countries have agreed to maintai...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Discussions will focus on security issues with European countries.