State Councilor Yang meets U.S. leaders
March 6, 2017 Category VIP visits, Weekly
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi – the country’s No 1 diplomat – met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House Advisors Jared Kushner and Stephen Bannon, and other U.S. leaders, raising hopes for additional high-level contacts and better coordination on global issues. Yang and Trump both stated the need to strengthen high-level contacts and promote coordination on international and regional affairs, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement. China is willing to “respect each other’s core interests and major concerns” and achieve the healthy, stable development of ties, Yang told Trump. In an article published by People’s Daily, Yang Jiechi said that “a confrontation between China and the U.S. would be a disaster for the world”. Yang said thorny issues that could sabotage China-U.S. ties include the Taiwan question, Tibet independence, human rights and maritime issues. Details about specific topics discussed were not released.
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