Wang Yi Holds Phone Call with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio
China-U.S. relations are steadily advancing. Wang Yi and Rubio held a call to discuss high-level exchanges, cooperation, and managing differences. Focusing on the Taiwan question and the situation in the Middle East, they sent new signals for bilateral communication and offered the latest developments.
On April 30, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, during which the two sides exchanged views on issues including ChinaU.S. relations and the situation in the Middle East.
Wang Yi said that headofstate diplomacy plays an important guiding role in ChinaU.S. relations. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Trump, ChinaU.S. relations have on the whole remained stable. China hopes the two sides will continue to maintain this momentum, make preparations for highlevel interactions, expand cooperation, manage differences, and promote the development of bilateral relations in the direction of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and winwin cooperation.
Wang Yi also stressed that the Taiwan question concerns China's core interests and is an important risk point in ChinaU.S. relations, and called on the U.S. side to honor its commitments and make the right choice.
Rubio said that U.S.China relations are one of the most important bilateral relations in the world, and that both sides should maintain communication and coordination, properly handle differences, and build up成果 for subsequent highlevel interactions.