BERLIN (Reuters) -A China trip by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to China that was originally planned for Sunday will not take place, a spokesperson for his ministry said on Friday.
“We are postponing the journey to a later time,” the spokesperson told a regular news conference, adding that Germany was concerned about constraints placed on rare earth exports.
It had also been impossible to arrange sufficient meetings for the trip, she added.
She declined to say which country had cancelled the trip, adding that Germany regretted the development, including given China’s importance in as a country, “which like no other has influence over Russia in its war against Ukraine”.
(Reporting by Thomas EscrittEditing by Ludwig Burger)
