Top U.S., China Officials Meet For Talks On Military, Taiwan, Fentanyl
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U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday (August 27), at the beginning of several days of talks aimed at quieting tensions between the two superpowers ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election.
In his remarks in front of journalists ahead of the closed-door meeting, Wang described China-U.S. ties as "critical", with a bearing on the world, and which have taken "twists and turns", adding that he hoped relations between the two countries would move to a condition of stable, healthy and sustainable development.
Sullivan said both would talk about areas of agreement and disagreement that "need to be managed effectively and substantively".
Sullivan's trip is the first by a U.S. national security adviser since 2016. He has held regular talks with Wang with an eye to managing competition between the superpowers, and they last met in Bangkok in January.
In his remarks in front of journalists ahead of the closed-door meeting, Wang described China-U.S. ties as "critical", with a bearing on the world, and which have taken "twists and turns", adding that he hoped relations between the two countries would move to a condition of stable, healthy and sustainable development.
Sullivan said both would talk about areas of agreement and disagreement that "need to be managed effectively and substantively".
Sullivan's trip is the first by a U.S. national security adviser since 2016. He has held regular talks with Wang with an eye to managing competition between the superpowers, and they last met in Bangkok in January.
