BEIJING – China welcomes a go to by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the nation, a Chinese international ministry spokesman mentioned at an everyday news briefing on Tuesday.
“China welcomes Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to China. Both China and the United States are in communication now over the specific arrangements,” Wang Wenbin mentioned, responding to a query on a US media report that Blinken is visiting China on Feb. 5.
“(China) also hopes the United States will adopt a correct view of China, uphold dialogue rather than confrontation, win-win rather than zero-sum (thinking),” Wang added.
A US official instructed Reuters the State Department is eyeing Feb. 6 for Blinken’s assembly with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing. Politico earlier reported that the go to would happen over Feb. 5-6.
Blinken’s February go to to China can be the primary by a secretary of state since October 2018 when Mike Pompeo, below the Trump administration, met then-foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing, with the 2 dignitaries exchanging pointed remarks amid an escalating commerce warfare.
China’s affirmation of the go to follows a November assembly between the American and Chinese heads of state Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in the course of the G20 summit held on the Indonesian island of Bali.
The two leaders pledged extra frequent communications at a time of simmering variations on Taiwan, human rights, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and financial points.
Both leaders had agreed that Blinken would go to China to comply with up on their discussions, in keeping with the White House, though no particular date was talked about then.
Last month, a delegation of senior US officers held talks with China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng in Langfang, a metropolis neighboring Beijing, so as to focus on Blinken’s go to, in keeping with the US State Department. — Reuters
