In yet another attempt to cool down tensions between China and the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit America on Thursday. This would be his first visit to Washington after he assumed the ministry following the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor Qin Gang. According to Chinese officials, he will stay there for three days where will meet his American counterpart Antony Blinken and will make an attempt to minimise the poisoning relations between the two heads of state-- President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden.
Blinken will host his Chinese counterpart in Washington from October 26-28, the State Department said in a press release on Monday.
Agenda of meeting
The two will discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues as part of ongoing efforts to manage the US-China relationship responsibly and maintain open channels of communication, the State Department said.
It is worth mentioning the relations between Washington and Beijing have become increasingly fraught lately. The two nations have been locked in an escalating trade spat since early 2018, raising import tariffs on each other's goods.
“The United States will continue to use diplomacy to advance US interests and values, address areas of difference, and make progress on shared transnational challenges,” the press release said.
Wang's proposed visit comes amid US lawmakers asking China to iron out differences in trade and economic ties between the two world's largest economies. It also comes before a likely meeting between Xi and Biden during a regional summit in San Francisco next month in a bid to manage the increasingly fraught relationship.
Blinken meeting with Xi did not yield any breakthrough
Further, the Chinese leader claimed that the two sides had made progress and reached agreements on "some specific issues", but did not elaborate. "This is very good," President stressed.
