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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will have a candid discussion about the war in Ukraine with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a summit in Indonesia that’s set to be dominated by the fallout from Russia’s invasion, a top official said.
“We’ve had a number of communications at senior levels with our Chinese counterparts about what we expect, not just from the People’s Republic of China but from really all responsible members of the international community regarding Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine,†Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink told reporters in Washington. “This will be another opportunity, I think, to have a candid exchange on that, and to convey our expectations about what we would expect China to do, and not to do, in the context of Ukraine,†he added.
The two senior diplomats would “exchange views on current China-US relations and major international and regional issues,†the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said in a statement. Blinken leaves for Bali on Wednesday to attend the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting before continuing on to Thailand. He will meet Wang on Saturday, the first face-to-face encounter between the two since October, amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the US and China.