Wang Yi: China, US must return to healthy, stable ties at an early date 
China and the United States need to return to a healthy and stable development track “at an early date”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US President Joe Biden in Washington.
Wang Yi: China, US must return to healthy, stable ties at an early date 
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Wang Yi: China, US must return to healthy, stable ties at an early date 

Photo: AFP/Xinhua/Liu Jie
Eurasia 29/10/2023 14:40

China and the United States need to return to a healthy and stable development track “at an early date”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US President Joe Biden in Washington.

Their hour-long meeting preceded a potential sit-down between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Apec summit in California next month, South China Morning Post reported.

Wang’s meeting with Biden at the White House followed talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan

China attaches great importance to the US and hopes to stabilise and improve bilateral relations, Wang told Biden, reiterating remarks made earlier during his trip starting on Thursday.

“We must act in a responsible manner toward the world, history, and the people, and follow the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation as proposed by President Xi Jinping to truly stabilise and improve Sino-US relations,” Wang was quoted as saying by Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
AFP/Xinhua/Liu Jie

Xinhua reported that Biden conveyed his greetings to Xi, and said the US was willing to maintain communication with China and jointly respond to global challenges.

Wang’s three-day visit is part of efforts by Chinese and US diplomats to lay the groundwork for a potential meeting between Xi and Biden at the November 11-17 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.

A senior Biden administration official told reporters in a conference call that the two sides were indeed “making preparations for just such a meeting”.

Washington would “leave it to the Chinese side” to decide if and when the announcement will be made, given that Beijing often confirms trips made by leaders much closer to the date, the official said.

Wang’s visit also marks the first trip to Washington by a Chinese foreign minister since 2018, the year the US-China trade war began. Wang said his visit aimed to follow through on the common understandings reached by the two heads of state at last year’s G20 summit in Indonesia.

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