Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The Chinese government’s top diplomat Wang Yi left before the start of a gala dinner for foreign ministers meeting in Cambodia on Thursday and was seen leaving the venue in a vehicle, witnesses said. Wang Yi waved to the media as he entered a reception hall for the dinner, then left the venue without giving a reason, according to Reuters reporters. Two witnesses who worked at the site told Reuters that Wang Yi was seen leaving in a vehicle. More than a dozen foreign ministers attended the dinner, including US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Japan’s Yoshimasa Hayashi and senior diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by David Brunnstrom and Jiraporn Kuhakan. Written by Martin Petty. Edited by Angus MacSwan Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
