US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi "had a direct and honest exchange on matters related to #Taiwan" Friday, a US senior administration official said. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/23…
The two diplomats met for nearly 90 minutes in New York, and their conversation primarily focused on Taiwan, the official said.
According to the official, the meeting with Wang was "extremely candid, direct, constructive and in depth," and Blinken stressed "the need to maintain open lines of communication so that we can responsibly manage the US-China relationship, especially during times of tension."
"Clearly, the differences between the United States and China are real, but we recognize the need to manage responsibly those differences and the competition between us," they said.
Blinken "also reiterated our strong condemnation of Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine, and he highlighted the implications if China were to provide material support to Russia's invasion or engage in wholesale sanctions evasion," they said.
But the officials gave no indication that the meeting left Blinken with any expectation that China plans to take actions to oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"I think the Chinese position, for better or for worse, is pretty clear and consistent and we have seen that through public comments," the official said.
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