US:After attending a G20 conference where the top US official spearheaded attempts to put pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Saturday for their first face-to-face discussions since October.
According to US sources, Blinken’s meeting with Wang in Bali, Indonesia, which included a morning session of talks and a working lunch, was intended to maintain the stability of the challenging US-China relationship and avoid it from mistakenly escalating into conflict.
“There is no alternative for face-to-face… diplomacy,” Blinken told reporters before the meeting. top US official spearheaded attempts to put pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Saturday for their first face-to-face discussions since October.
.”Former US President Barack Obama’s top East Asian diplomat Daniel Russel, who maintains close contact with Biden administration officials, predicted that a major goal of the meeting would be to investigate the possibility of Biden and Xi meeting in person for the first time as leaders, perhaps on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in November.
