欧盟官员：欧洲理事会主席科斯塔的办公室近几周与克里姆林宫进行了“外交层面的简短接触”，旨在开启沟通渠道，但未讨论任何实质性内容。

Onshore yuan closed at 6.7569 per dollar at 16:30 on June 17, up 5 pips from the previous trading day.

At a June 17 regular briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said the case of an active Japan Self-Defense Forces officer identified as Murata Akihiro illegally entering the Chinese embassy in Tokyo with a knife occurred nearly three months ago but Japanese investigation and handling have been slow. Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office has extended Murata’s detention for psychiatric evaluation to determine criminal responsibility. Lin said such incidents continue to threaten the safety of Chinese diplomatic missions and that China has raised repeated protests. He added the case highlights deeper problems in Japan, including a rise in right-wing forces, suppression of moderate voices, deficient historical education, a shift in security policy toward a more offensive posture, and failures of oversight and discipline within the Self-Defense Forces.