US, China discuss possible meeting of secretary of state, Chinese foreign minister

[BENGALURU] The United States and China are discussing a possible meeting of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a G-20 meet in Italy next week, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing people briefed on the talks.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has also informed counterparts in Beijing that it would like Wendy Sherman, deputy secretary of state, to visit China over the summer, the newspaper said.

The White House has also held preliminary internal discussions about sending Mr Blinken or Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, to China later this year, which could set the stage for Mr Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to hold a bilateral summit on the margins of the G-20 leaders meeting in Rome in October, the British newspaper reported.

REUTERS