Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit US this week for high-level talks ahead of likely Biden-Xi meeting
financialexpress.comChina’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Washington on Thursday for high-level talks, the US state department has announced, as the two countries try to “responsibly manage” their fraught relations.
Wang’s trip to Washington is seen as paving the way for a potential meeting between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco next month.
The likely meeting would be Xi’s first trip to the United States since April 2017.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host Director of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang in Washington on October 26-28, the state department said in a press release on Monday.
“Secretary Blinken and Director Wang will discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues as part of ongoing efforts to responsibly manage the U.S.-China relationship and to maintain open channels of communication,” it said.
In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Wang will have in-depth exchanges of views with US high-level officials on bilateral relations and regional and international issues of shared interests. He will also expound on China’s principled position and legitimate concerns on bilateral relations.
“We hope that the US will work with China to follow through on the important common understandings between the two heads of state, enhance communication and dialogue, expand practical cooperation, properly manage differences and jointly bring the bilateral relations back to the track of sound and steady development,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in response to a question.
Wang is also expected to meet US national
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