US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on Tuesday discussed improving and maintaining a
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on Tuesday (Feb 28) discussed improving and maintaining a “mutually beneficial economic relationship” between the United States and China, the State Department said.
Tillerson and Yang, China’s top diplomat, affirmed the importance of “regular high-level engagement” between the two countries during their meeting in Washington, and discussed North Korea’s nuclear programme, the State Department said in a statement.
China’s state news agency, Xinhua, quoted Yang as saying China was willing to work with Washington “to enhance exchanges on all levels from top down” and to broaden communication and coordination on regional and global issues, while respecting “each other’s core interests and major concerns. “
“This will help promote sustained, steady and healthy development of the China-US relations, which will benefit the peoples of not only both nations but also the whole world,” Xinhua quoted Yang as saying.
The meeting was the latest exchange aimed at resetting relations between the world’s two largest economies following a rocky start after the election of Donald Trump as US president.
