US hails 'productive' meeting between Blinken and China FM
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Vientiane: The United States hailed open and productive discussions between China s foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos o...
Vientiane: The United States hailed "open and productive" discussions between China's foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised US concerns over Beijing's "provocative actions" around Taiwan.
The US top diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi "had open and productive discussions on key bilateral, regional, and global issues," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.
The talks on the sidelines of a foreign ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lasted for one hour and twenty minutes, a senior State Department Official said.
The official said Blinken had raised "US concerns about provocative actions that China has taken recently, including a simulated blockade around the time of the inauguration" of Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.
"They had an extended conversation about Taiwan," the official said.
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