Washington looks to resume high-level communication despite continued tensions. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit China in the coming weeks for talks with top officials, possibly including President Xi Jinping, said people familiar with the matter, as the United States looks to resume high-level communication despite continued tensions.
A State Department spokesman said the agency had no travel to announce, and that Mr Blinken’s previously scrapped visit would take place when conditions allow. At the same time, Mr Kirby said the two sides were making progress in opening other channels towards setting up visits for US Cabinet secretaries.to arrange a meeting between the two countries’ defence ministers at a forum in Singapore last week, high-level contact has resumed in other areas.
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