foreign minister

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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened "as soon as possible" in talks with his Iranian counterpart.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said that Russia had already violated the terms of Ukraine’s proposed pause in the fighting, with strikes continuing after midnight into Wednesday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was then Iran’s foreign minister, would sometimes retreat to the back of the room during the nuclear talks and put his head in his hands, pantomiming despair.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, wrote on X External link earlier in the day that he was headed to the capital cities of Pakistan, Oman, and Russia.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

On August 23, 1939, Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov, the same official who’d hosted the Rodina’s crew at his summer house, signed a treaty with Germany’s foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein