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JAKARTA (Reuters) -China and Indonesia have pledged to strengthen economic ties and maintain peace and stability in the region, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday after a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi, in Jakarta. Wang also called for all parties in the Gaza conflict to exercise restraint, and said the United …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China as tensions rise between the two countries over global trade, regional conflicts and the Russia-Ukraine war. Blinken will depart on April 23 for a four-day trip to China, where he will meet with senior Chinese officials amid …

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By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Counting was underway on Thursday in the Solomon Islands after a national election a day earlier, although electoral officials said they were searching for a larger venue in the Pacific Island capital Honiara to count votes. The parliamentary election is the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare struck a security …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – An editorial in a Chinese state-controlled newspaper on Thursday admonished “two-faced” Japan for inaccurately portraying it as a regional security threat while chasing more stable bilateral ties, warning of Chinese measures if Tokyo acted recklessly. In his address to the U.S. Congress last week, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called China’s military …

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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ decision to ramp up ties with Japan and the United States at a recent summit was a “sovereign choice” for the country, its foreign ministry said on Thursday in response to China’s comments opposing the trilateral meeting. U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister …

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