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China, US must return to ‘healthy, stable’ ties ‘at an early date’, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Biden
- ‘We must act in a responsible manner’, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells US President Joe Biden during hour-long meeting in Washington
- Wang’s visit is part of a bilateral push for a potential sit-down between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Apec margins in November
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China and the United States need to return to a healthy and stable development track “at an early date”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday.
Their hour-long meeting preceded a potential sit-down between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Apec summit in California next month.
Wang’s meeting with Biden at the White House followed talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
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China attaches great importance to the US and hopes to stabilise and improve bilateral relations, Wang told Biden, reiterating remarks made earlier during his trip starting on Thursday.
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“We must act in a responsible manner toward the world, history, and the people, and follow the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation as proposed by President Xi Jinping to truly stabilise and improve Sino-US relations,” Wang was quoted as saying by Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
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The one-China principle and the three joint communiques were “the most important political foundation” for bilateral ties, Wang said, referring to the policies governing Washington’s stance on Taiwan.
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