US & China
US, Chinese Officials Meet in Malta in Bid to Keep Channels Open
- Possible Biden-Xi meeting was on agenda, US official says
- US’s Sullivan raises concern about Wang’s visit to Moscow
Antony Blinken with Jake Sullivan, facing Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi in Anchorage, Alaska.
Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed a possible meeting of their leaders and communication channels between the world’s biggest economies during two days of talks that ended Sunday.
While the meeting in Malta came at a critical time in US-China relations, Wang is scheduled to visit Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week. Other world leaders and their aides are heading to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, which Wang and Chinese President Xi Jinping are skipping.