China says improving relations with the US is a necessary step

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that it is necessary to improve relations with the United States. He added that the US erroneous actions undermine the accelerated relations between China and the US.

China says improving relations with the US is a necessary step

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday that stabilizing China-US relations was imperative as "erroneous words and deeds" brought relations to a halt.

During his meeting with the US Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, Qin stated that the US should abandon its handling of the Taiwan issue and its desire to undermine the "one China" policy.

'A SERIES OF ERRONEOUS WORDS AND DEEDS'

“A series of erroneous words and deeds by the United States since then have undermined the hard-won positive momentum of Sino-U.S. relations,” Qin told Burns, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

“The agenda of dialogue and cooperation agreed by the two sides has been disrupted, and the relationship between the two countries has once again encountered cold ice.”

VISITING TAIWAN HAD STRAINED THE RELATIONS

Relations between the two states were strained last year when then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, paid an official visit to democratically governed Taiwan. Seeing Taiwan as its territory, China has brought its relations with the United States to a dead end.

Thereupon, Beijing completely cut off official communication channels with the United States.

MORE FREQUENT DIALOGUE PROMISED

Last November, US Joe Biden and his counterpart Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit in Indonesia. The two promised each other more frequent dialogue. The tension then eased.

In February, a Chinese altitude balloon entered US airspace. Thereupon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled his visit to Beijing.

Last week, Blinken told the Washington Post the importance of re-establishing regular lines of communication with China.

US climate ambassador John Kerry heralded a near-term visit to China itself for talks on preventing a global climate crisis.

“The top priority is to stabilize Sino-U.S. relations, avoid a downward spiral and prevent any accidents between China and the United States,” Qin said.

DISPUTE ON TAIWAN CONTINUES

Last month, China staged war games around Taiwan after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles.

As a part of the 2023 budget, U.S. Congress has authorized up to $1 billion worth of weapons aid for Taiwan using a type of authority that expedites security assistance and has helped to deliver arms to Ukraine.

Source: NBC News

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