Question follow-through · 55374
Chinese Embassy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary has met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on a number of occasions. They have discussed the breadth of priority foreign policy and bilateral issues.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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