Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Updated: 2013-09-27 11:38

(China Daily)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York this past week. Wang arrived in New York from Washington on Saturday and met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday. It's Wang's first time attending the annual UN event since he assumed the new post in March. During the week, Wang met with his counterparts from nations including Egypt, India, Namibia, South Sudan, South Africa, France and Russia on the sidelines of the General Assembly, where he is set to give a speech at the General Debate on Friday afternoon.

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 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

From left: British Foreign Minister William Hague, French FM Laurent Fabius, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signs on UN book upon arrival on Sunday.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hands with India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday at the 68th UN General Assembly.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) greets Zimbabwean President Robert Gabriel Mugabe on Tuesday at the UN.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) chats with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese FM Wang Yi (left) poses with South African minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Thursday at the UN.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (third from right) speaks at the Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 on Thursday at the 68th UN General Assembly.

 Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the UN

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) chats with China's Deputy Permanent Representative to UN Wang Min by the UN Security Council stakeout on Monday.

(China Daily USA 09/27/2013 page14)

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