Two days of in-depth communication

2024-08-30 16:37

On Tuesday afternoon after United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing , he embarked on a new round of China-US strategic communication with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

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Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, shakes hands with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, during their talks in Beijing on Tuesday.

In his opening remarks at the talks, Wang expressed his expectations for the two days of in-depth communication.

He expressed hope that China-US relations would move in the direction of overcoming disturbances and removing obstacles, and "truly realize stable, healthy and sustainable development".

Wang noted that the relationship is "vital to both countries and affects the world" and that "the past few years have been full of ups and downs".

Sullivan's three-day trip, till Thursday, also marks the first visit to China by a US national security adviser since Susan Rice's trip in 2016.

Speaking to Sullivan, Wang mentioned that under the strategic guidance of President Xi and President Biden, the two sides realized the Bali summit and the San Francisco summit in November.

"The experience therein is worth drawing on, lessons need to be learned, and the key is to pivot to the major direction of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation," Wang said, adding that implementing the consensus of the San Francisco summit "is the shared duty of China and the US, as well as the main task of this strategic communication".