Blinken to meet Chinese foreign minister next week

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in Jakarta, July 13, 2023. The two will meet next week on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in Vientiane, Laos.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that he would meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi next week in Laos, as that country hosts senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.