Senior diplomats from China and the US agree to keep open lines of communication to avoid tensions in a “candid and productive” talks in Beijing
The US and China has been at loggerheads for in Indo-Pacific region. / Photo: Getty Images
Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant US secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was the most senior US official confirmed to have visited China on Monday since tensions between Washington and Beijing soared with the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon over the US in early February. China’s Foreign Ministry said Kritenbrink and Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu “had candid, constructive and fruitful communication on promoting the improvement of China-US relations and properly managing differences.”
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