Rishi Sunak’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping has been called off, Downing Street has said.
The prime minister was set to hold a meeting with Mr Xi at the G20 summit in Bali on Wednesday morning, UK time, in what would have been the first time a British leader had faced him in almost five years.
However, the much-anticipated meeting was scrapped moments before it was set to take place due to scheduling issues, a Downing Street spokesman told Sky News.
Sunak holding news conference from G20 amid Poland missile – live politics updates
An emergency meeting was scheduled on Wednesday morning instead between the leaders of NATO and the G7 nations after missiles were fired into Poland and killed two civilians on Tuesday night.
China is not part of the G7 so Mr Xi was not in that emergency meeting.
There were suggestions the missile had been fired by the Russians into Poland, a NATO member, but US President Joe Biden appeared to suggest the missile may not have been…
