China says would welcome a visit by finance minister Hammond

China says would welcome a visit by finance minister Hammond
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves Downing Street, after Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, in London, Britain, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls   -  Copyright  Peter Nicholls(Reuters)
By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Beijing would welcome a visit by Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond, a day after the minister had said talk of deploying a British warship in the Pacific had complicated bilateral relations.

Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the remarks during a daily news briefing.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; writing by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

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