The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, declared on Wednesday that he could have a good working relationship with the new Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, to maintain communication between Washington and Beijing. However, he did not comment on the whereabouts of Qin Gang, Wang’s predecessor in office with whom he met in Beijing.
In the words of the representative from Washington, it is important for both countries to handle the commercial and communication relationship responsibly. “That starts with diplomacy. That starts with participation. And I will work with whoever the Chinese counterpart is (…) I have known Wang Yi for more than a decade (…) I look forward to working well with him, as we have done in the past“said the Secretary in a statement to the press from the island of Tonga.
For its part, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday evaded answering any questions about Qin Gang, dismissed without any explanation, after a month without appearing publicly. When asked about the whereabouts of the chancellor, who was last seen on June 25, When she met in the Chinese capital with officials from Sri Lanka, Russia and Vietnam, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, stated in a press conference the official statement published by the state media and assured “she had no information in this regard”.
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at a press conference in Tongo / Photo: EFE
It also did not clarify whether Wang’s appointment as Qin’s replacement is a temporary or permanent appointment.“I know that many of you are paying attention to the appointment of the foreign minister (…) the Xinhua agency has already clearly explained the matter and reiterated that it does not have more information,” Mao said..
Gang was the first and only Chinese diplomatic official who has insisted on recovering communication channels and binational agreements with the United States, after a series of incidents with the Joe Biden government, involving the spy balloon crisis, the Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the Taiwan Strait that has kept the region in constant tension and the most recent when Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator after the visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang had agreed to meet in Washington on their first official visit to US soil. Both officials would only have had a meeting in Beijing.
After the meeting, the US Secretary of State and the Chinese foreign minister agreed to meet again, but in Washington, on their first official visit to US soil; however, that meeting will not be able to take place after the new announcement.
With information from EFE
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