The World - News from July 2, 1986
China said its relations with the Soviet Union have reached a stalemate, delaying plans for an exchange of visits between the foreign ministers of the two countries. Vice Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, leaving Peking on a six-nation tour of Europe and North Africa, said economic relations are good but “political relations are in a stalemate--no progress.” In Moscow, the Soviet Communist Party daily Pravda said conditions are ripe for improving Sino-Soviet relations.
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