China Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that the United States has suppressed his country’s development, Reuters reported.
The comments came as Yi met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Beijing, China on Friday in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the two countries and settle lingering trade and policy disagreements.
“And the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. China’s legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed, and our core interests are facing challenges,” Yi said.
Blinken encouraged “active diplomacy” between the two countries to achieve the goals and objectives established by President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping when they met last year in San Francisco, Reuters reported.
Wang did comment on tensions between the two countries, stating that the “giant ship” of relations between the two superpowers had stabilized. However, he stressed that there were issues to resolve and that “negative factors in the relationship are still increasing and building.”
Wang listed his country’s complaints with many U.S. policies involving China, including Taiwan, China’s autonomy on its right to diplomacy in international relations, and current concerns in the South China Sea, ABC News reported.
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“I look forward to these discussions being very clear, very direct about the areas where we have differences and where the United States stands, and I have no doubt you will do the same on behalf of China,” Blinken said.
“There is no substitute in our judgment for face-to-face diplomacy in order to try to move forward,” Blinken added. “But also to make sure we’re as clear as possible about the areas where we have differences at the very least to avoid misunderstandings, to avoid miscalculations.”
