Wang Yi, Blinken discuss areas of difference, cooperation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have met in Washington and discussed a number of bilateral and global issues, including areas of difference and cooperation.
Wang Yi, Blinken discuss areas of difference, cooperation
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Wang Yi, Blinken discuss areas of difference, cooperation

Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb
Eurasia 27/10/2023 15:47

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have met in Washington and discussed a number of bilateral and global issues, including areas of difference and cooperation.

"The Secretary and Director and Foreign Minister Wang discussed a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including addressing areas of difference as well as exploring areas of cooperation", U.S State Department said in a statement.

The two senior officials will continue their talks on Friday, it added.

Blinken expressed his condolences on the passing of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who had held the office from March 2013 to March 2023. Li died from a heart attack at the age of 68 earlier on Friday.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for “in-depth” and “comprehensive” Sino-American dialogue to stabilise bilateral relations on Thursday, just before his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, South China Morning Post reported.

Wang voiced hoped of “constructive” and “forward-looking” talks with his diplomatic counterpart, yet did not mention the prospect of a highly anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco next month.

China and the US “share important common interests and we face challenges that we need to respond to together”, Wang said. It has been widely expected that his three-day visit to Washington would secure the summit between Xi and Biden.

Wang was also slated to meet National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Friday to maintain the “strategic channel of communication”, according to the White House. Sullivan and Wang met in Vienna in May and Malta in September.
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