China News Agency, Beijing, March 13. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced in Beijing on the 13th: As agreed by China and the United States, Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, will meet with him in Rome, Italy on March 14. Sullivan, Assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs, held a meeting to exchange views on China-US relations and international and regional issues of common concern.

  Regarding the key content of the meeting, Zhao Lijian said that the focus of this meeting is to implement the important consensus reached in the video meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States in November last year.

The two sides have been in contact with the matter since the end of last year, and have been in constant communication about the meeting, and the meeting time has been determined according to the schedule of both sides.

  Zhao Lijian said that the two sides will exchange views on China-US relations and international and regional issues of common concern.

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