WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not meet China's foreign minister on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in India as the two sides had already had extended talks in Munich last month, the US Stat
as the two sides had already had extended talks in Munich last month, the US State Department spokesperson said on Thursday .
Last month, President Joe Biden said he expected to speak with China's President Xi Jinping about an incident in which the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese spy balloon, worsening already strained relations. No time has been given for the conversation.
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