After the G20 summit, Blinken personally met with the Chinese foreign minister for the first time since last October.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Saturday, July 9 , met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after the G20 ministerial meeting in Bali. These are their first face-to-face talks since October 2021, DW reports.
“There is a lot to talk about in such a complex and important relationship as the US-China relationship,” Blinken said.
< p>Before the meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Blinken expressed hope for a “productive and constructive conversation”.
Wang Yi noted that Chinese leader Xi Jinping believes in cooperation and “mutual respect” between the world's two largest economic powers. .
“China and the United States are two big countries, so it is necessary for these countries to maintain normal exchanges,” Wang Yi said.
Furthermore, the Chinese Foreign Minister added that the parties need to work together to continue these relations. to develop in the right way.
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