Wang, top US security adviser hold fresh talks

WANG Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, held a new round of talks with United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Bangkok on Friday and Saturday.

During the talks, the two sides had candid, substantive and fruitful strategic communication on implementing the consensus reached by leaders of the two countries in San Francisco and properly handling important issues in China-US relations.

Wang, also foreign minister, noted that as this year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US, both sides should take this opportunity to draw experience and lessons, treat each other as equals rather than condescendingly, seek common ground while reserving differences rather than accentuate differences, genuinely respect rather than undermine each other’s core interests, and work together to respect each other, live together in peace, and pursue win-win cooperation.

Wang emphasized that the Taiwan question is China’s internal affair, and the recent election in the Taiwan region cannot change the basic fact that Taiwan is part of China. The biggest risk to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait comes from “Taiwan independence,” which also poses the biggest challenge to China-US relations. The US side must abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, put its commitment not to support “Taiwan independence” into action and support the peaceful reunification of China.

Wang noted that every country has its national security concerns, but these concerns must be legitimate and reasonable. There should be no politicizing or overstretching of the concept of national security, nor can these concerns be used as a pretext to suppress and contain other countries’ development.

(Xinhua)