Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a meeting. It has been informed by both sides that this meeting is to maintain communication.
At the meeting, Wang emphasized that Taiwan’s independence poses the biggest threat to Sino-US relations.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. More than two months after that meeting, Wang and Sullivan met in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.
China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two officials had “candid, practical and fruitful discussions” to reach a consensus at the San Francisco meeting.
The White House said the meeting between the officials was part of an effort to maintain open lines of communication between the two countries. It added, ‘Sullivan emphasized that although the United States and China are in competition, both countries should avoid conflict or conflict.
Beijing and Washington have engaged in a war of words in the past over technology, trade, human rights and Taiwan issues.
