US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for Beijing to use its influence to help curb Iran’s support for the Houthis, who attack ships in the Red Sea. This is what a senior Biden administration official said at a briefing, according to international media reports. Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jake Sullivan met yesterday and today with the Director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Affairs Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok to follow the Woodside Summit between President Biden and President Xi last November. This meeting was part of an effort to maintain open lines of communication and manage competition responsibly. Sullivan – we read in a note from the White House – stressed that even if the United States and China are in competition, both countries must prevent this from turning into a conflict. The two sides discussed next steps in several areas of cooperation discussed at Woodside. Sullivan and Wang Yi recognized recent progress in relaunching intermilitary communication and highlighted the importance of maintaining these channels.
They also discussed next steps toward holding a U.S.-China dialogue on AI in the spring. Sullivan and Wang Yi welcomed progress in counter-narcotics cooperation, including the launch of the US-China Narcotics Working Group on January 30. The two sides held candid, substantive and constructive discussions on global and regional issues, including those related to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Middle East, North Korea, the South China Sea and Burma. They also discussed cross-Strait issues, and Sullivan emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The two sides are committed to maintaining this strategic channel of communication and to pursuing high-level diplomatic efforts and consultations in key areas between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, including through a call between President Biden and President Xi .
Source: IL Tempo
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