Chinese FM has no meeting scheduled with Japanese side in Manila: spokesperson

BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had no arrangement of any meeting with the Japanese side in Manila, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press briefing on Thursday.

Lin said Wang's tight schedule could not allow his full attendance at the series of foreign ministers' meetings on East Asia Cooperation, adding that Chinese senior officials will attend the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting as representatives.