Antony Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng on sidelines of UN Common Meeting (File)
Washington:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Monday with China’s vice chairman, the most recent top-level dialogue in days between the rival powers.
The State Division mentioned on its public schedule that Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng in New York on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting.
The talks come as the USA watches with rising intrigue at personnel modifications in Beijing. Qin Gang, handpicked by President Xi Jinping as international minister, was abruptly changed in July by the veteran policymaker Wang Yi.
US officers initially anticipated Wang to journey to the annual UN assembly, the place he might have met briefly with President Joe Biden, however as an alternative, China mentioned that the comparatively lesser-known Han would come.
However Wang, who is also the Communist Social gathering international coverage director, held talks over the weekend with Biden’s nationwide safety advisor, Jake Sullivan, in Malta.
America says it’s keen to maintain open strains of communication with China to handle the frequent tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have each traveled this yr to Beijing, resuming contact that had all however ceased through the pandemic.
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