Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will pay an official visit to New Zealand and Australia from March 17 to 21, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Thursday. The visit will take place at the invitation of Winston Peters, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of New Zealand, and Penny Wong, Australian foreign minister, he said.
During his visit to Australia, Wang will hold the seventh China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue with his Australian counterpart, Wong, the spokesperson added.
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