Update | Climate change efforts show how China, US can resolve differences: negotiator
Xie Zhenhua’s comments come as two sides’ top officials meet in Beijing to discuss range of issues, including tensions over China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea
China and the United States’ cooperation in tackling climate change is an example of how they can work together to resolve their differences, Beijing’s top climate change negotiator said on Monday.
The way the two had cooperated on the issue was a model example of the new type of relationship sought by President Xi Jinping, said Xie Zhenhua.
Xie was speaking on the sidelines of the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue between top US and Chinese leaders, which is under way in Beijing.
The two sides are discussing issues including rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
“[As long as we can] increase mutual understanding, build mutual trust and respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, we can always find solutions to our differences,” Xie said.
The climate deal negotiator dedicated much of his 30-minute briefing to lauding how leaders had worked together on the issue.