China in touch with Donald Trump’s team and open to meeting at Davos, says senior official
Deputy foreign affairs minister says Beijing willing to arrange for meetings at World Economic Forum later this month
Beijing is open to a meeting with US president-elect Donald Trump’s team at this month’s World Economic Forum, a senior Chinese official has said.
“China has good contacts with the present US government, and also has a smooth communication channel with Trump’s team,” deputy foreign minister Li Baodong said on Wednesday.
Li was responding to a query on the possibility of a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Trump’s team members when they attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from January 17 to 20.
State Councillor Yang Jiechi met retired general Michael Flynn, the US president-elect’s nominee for national security adviser, and other Trump team members in New York last month.
As the first Chinese head of state to attend the winter gathering of political and business leaders in Davos, Xi was keen to promote economic globalisation along a more inclusive path, and to discuss how to weather the global economic difficulties that lay ahead, Li said.