The issue of making an advance payment for Russian gas is not on the agenda, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on May 20 in an appeal to the heads of the European Commission and leaders of the European Union states, ITAR-TASS has said.
China has said the United States, Australia and Japan should not use their alliance as an excuse to intervene in territorial disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and urged them to refrain from inflaming regional tensions, Reuters said on October 6.