US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken To Meet Chinese Foreign Minister In Rome
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G20 Summit: It will be the first between Antony Blinken and Wang Yi since a stormy session in Alaska back in March during which the Chinese delegation berated the American side as TV cameras rolled.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Sunday in Rome with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the State Department said, in only their second face-to-face session amid acute tensions between the two powers. The meeting in Rome, where both diplomats were attending the G20 summit, is listed on Blinken's public schedule for Sunday.
It will be the first between Blinken and Wang since a stormy session in Alaska back in March during which the Chinese delegation berated the American side as TV cameras rolled.
Tensions are high between the world's two biggest economies on a plethora of fronts, including trade, human rights, Taiwan, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier this week Washington ordered China Telecom Americas to discontinue its services within 60 days -- ending nearly two decades of operations in the country and piling further strain on relations between the two countries.
