China and the US will continue high-level contacts after the “constructive” meeting between Qin and Blinken

June 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, finished a nearly six-hour meeting in Beijing this Saturday in which both parties concluded to continue high-level contacts between the two countries. .

“The two sides have held a long, frank, in-depth and constructive meeting on the overall relationship between China and the United States on important issues, and both sides have agreed to continue high-level meetings,” according to a first statement from the meeting. collected by the Chinese state newspaper ‘Global Times’.

Blinken arrived in Beijing this Sunday to reduce tensions between the two countries, caused mainly by the US support for Taiwan and by China’s military maneuvers carried out around the island in response, as well as by recent speculation of espionage attempts by Chinese part.

The Chinese Foreign Minister has conveyed to Blinken his wish that the United States “exhibit an objective and rational understanding of China” and “act in line with Beijing” to “manage any unexpected incident in a calm, professional and rational manner.”

Blinken extended Qin an invitation to travel to the United States, which the Chinese minister accepted “when it is convenient for both parties,” the note added.