In New York, the heads of US and Chinese diplomacy discuss Taiwan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets his counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on the occasion of the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2022. AP - David 'Dee' Delgado
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Meeting this Friday of the American and Chinese foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
It was the first meeting for Antony Blinken and Wang Yi since July, before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which sparked the ire of Beijing.
It is also Taiwan that was widely discussed in their interview.
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With our special correspondent in New York
,
Christophe Paget
“
Extremely frank, constructive and in-depth
” is how a US official described the Anthony Blinken/Wang Yi meeting.
The US Secretary of State insisted on the need to preserve "
peace and stability
" in the Taiwan Strait, after the Chinese military maneuvers which followed Nancy Pelosi's visit.
During a speech in New York on Thursday, Wang Yi said the Taiwan issue was becoming the most risky issue of tension in US-China relations, days after US President Joe Biden again said he was ready. to intervene militarily if China used force against the island.
However, Antony Blinken wanted to reassure his counterpart: the United States is not changing its position, there is only one China, the People's Republic of China.
Finally, it should be noted that during this meeting, the American Secretary of State again warned his Chinese counterpart of "
the implications if China were to provide support for the Russian invasion of a sovereign country
", hear the Ukraine.
On Thursday, at the UN Security Council, China preferred to call for the unconditional resumption of dialogue between belligerents rather than supporting Moscow.
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