U.S. Secretary of Stateblinken(Antony Blinken) today met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The two talked about the importance of US-China relations for the world.
Reuters reported that when Blinken met with Han Zheng, he briefly said that “the world expects us to handle US-China relations responsibly, and the United States is committed to doing so.”
Blinken also said: “From the American perspective, face-to-face diplomacy is the best way to deal with areas of disagreement between the United States and China, and it is also the best way to explore areas of cooperation between the United States and China.” Is also the best way.” China.”
Han Zhengze told Blinken that China-US relations are currently facing many difficulties and challenges. China hopes that the United States will work hard to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and promote the stable development of China-US relations.
Han Zheng also noted: “The world needs stable and strong China-US relations.”
Before Han Zheng met Blinken, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met for 12 hours in Malta last weekend.
Furthermore, the Chinese PresidentXi JinpingThe US President did not attend the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit hosted by India.bidenJoe Biden expressed disappointment earlier this month but said he would “meet with Xi Jinping.”
The next possible opportunity for Biden to hold talks with Xi Jinping will be the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to be held in San Francisco, United States in November this year. The United States is hoping to give Biden a boost at this summit over the past few months. Xi’s meeting.
However, in today’s conversation neither Blinken nor Han Zheng explicitly mentioned whether Xi Jinping would actually visit.
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