Exclusive | German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expected to visit China ‘in coming days’
Both sides have ‘plenty to discuss’, says insider, amid EV deliberations in Europe and conflicts in Ukraine and Mideast
Two sources familiar with discussion about Baerbock’s plan to visit said the trip had been “largely confirmed”. They both declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.
“It is going to happen in the coming days within this month,” said one source, declining to give an exact date.
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Also confirming the trip, a second source said there would be “plenty to discuss” during the visit, as both sides needed such an opportunity to exchange views on “various issues”, but declined to give further details.
The timing of Baerbock’s visit is critical for the Ukraine war as Kyiv seeks to convince Washington of its plan for victory and pleads for rapid support before the US presidential elections in November and a possible change of government.
The United States and its Nato allies are voicing increasing unease over China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, support that China denies it is giving.
