US state secretary Antony Blinken and China’s foreign minister Wang Yi emphasized the need for stability between the two countries during a meeting in which they discussed security issues ranging from Taiwan to tensions in the South China Sea.
During the meeting on the sidelines of a regional forum in the Laos capital of Vientiane that lasted over an hour, the two envoys pledged to make progress on military communications, according to a senior US state department official.They also discussed a recent Chinese agreement with the Philippines on vessel movements in the South China Sea.
Wang made it clear to Blinken that China objects to what it views as US attempts to constrain it on a number of policies, the official said, without elaborating. Chip controls were not raised specifically in the Saturday meeting.
During the meeting on the sidelines of a regional forum in the Laos capital of Vientiane that lasted over an hour, the two envoys pledged to make progress on military communications, according to a senior US state department official.They also discussed a recent Chinese agreement with the Philippines on vessel movements in the South China Sea.
Wang made it clear to Blinken that China objects to what it views as US attempts to constrain it on a number of policies, the official said, without elaborating. Chip controls were not raised specifically in the Saturday meeting.