Blinken intends to visit China as soon as the situation becomes favorable: US State Department

Washington. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to visit China as soon as the situation is favorable. His spokesperson gave this information on Monday. Blinken was to travel to China earlier this year. A few days before his visit, the visit was canceled after a Chinese spy balloon was spotted in US airspace. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said in his daily press conference, “He (China) intends to go. He would like to go to China as soon as the situation is favorable and if any plan for the trip is made.

Earlier in the day, US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Kang in Beijing. Patel said, “We remain in touch with several officials in the PRC (People’s Republic of China). As you know, since Blinken was Secretary of State and while Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Kang was Ambassador to the United States, they had many opportunities to meet with each other. We want the channels of communication between the two countries to remain open.

White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said at her daily news conference that Blinken would reschedule his trip to China when conditions permit. “We have always called for reliable channels of communication between the US and the PRC,” he said. Patel told reporters at the State Department that keeping the channels of communication open with China has been a key tenet of the US approach because It is linked to this very complex bilateral relationship.

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