China: Foreign Minister Qin Geng, missing for a month in China, was removed from his post on Tuesday. Wang Yi has been appointed in his place. Wang Yi has already been foreign minister for 10 years. The news agency AP has given information quoting the government media.
In December 2022, Qin Geng became the Foreign Minister of China. Geng replaced Wang Yi, who had been foreign minister for 10 years. Geng has not been seen in public since June 25.
Apart from this, the government has also removed the Central Bank Governor Yi Gang. Now Pan Gongsheng will take his place.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Geng was due to meet EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell on July 4, but the meeting was suddenly moved forward. Borrell was informed about this two days ago. No reason was given for extending the meeting.
On July 7, journalists asked about Chinese Foreign Minister Geng for the first time. The Chinese Foreign Ministry replied – We do not have any information. On July 10 and 11, Geng was to attend a summit in Indonesia.
Then it was said – due to ill health, he would not be able to join the gang. Its transcript was published on the official website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The health part was missing from it.
Along with this, this gang was not seen even in the meeting with the President of the Philippines. After this, the discussion about the disappearance of the gang started. Now Wang Yi is going to the places where Geng was supposed to be. In fact, before Geng, Wang Yi had been China’s foreign minister for 10 years.