Chinese, US officials hold two-day talks ahead of Blinken’s visit
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ahead of an expected trip to Beijing by the US’ top diplomat early next year, senior Chinese and American officials met for two-day talks in a city near the capital Beijing, said China’s Foreign Ministry.
The Chinese side was led by Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng while the US side was represented by Daniel Kritenbrink, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Laura Rosenberger, the US National Security Council’s senior director for China.
It was the first such high-level meeting since President Xi Jinping held a meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden last month in Bali, Indonesia.
In November, the US said Secretary of State Antony Blinken was tentatively planning a visit to China early next year to “continue keeping the lines of communication open.”
Even as the US has ramped up its relations with regional allies to counter China’s expanding economic and military influence, the US president has dismissed concerns of a new Cold War.
“There need not be a new Cold War,” Biden told media after his three-hour meeting with Xi on the sidelines of a G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia in November.
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