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  "id": 13954850,
  "title": "China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/chinas-top-diplomat-to-visit-azerbaijan-croatia-montenegro-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T12:11:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3370626/chinas-top-diplomat-visit-azerbaijan-croatia-montenegro-and-bulgaria-boost-ties"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Azerbaijan and three Balkan countries amid Beijing’s push to shore up its trade corridors and geopolitical influence in the regions. Wang will attend the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday “as special representative of President Xi Jinping”, according to…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/chinas-top-diplomat-to-visit-azerbaijan-croatia-montenegro-and-13956277",
        "published": "2026-10-12T12:11:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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