Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called for China and the United States to find the right way to get along in a new era. During a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, held at Rubio's request, Wang emphasized the importance of implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of both nations.
Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping had an important phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump last Friday. During that conversation, the two leaders reached a series of common understandings, setting a positive tone for future relations.
\"The development of China-U.S. relations has come to a new important juncture,\" Wang said. He highlighted that President Xi comprehensively elaborated on China's policy toward the United States, and President Trump responded positively, expressing his desire to maintain good relations and emphasizing that cooperative efforts can solve many global problems.
Wang stressed the need for both nations to implement the leaders' important common understandings. \"Both teams need to maintain communication, manage differences, and expand cooperation in line with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation,\" he said. \"This will promote the steady, sound, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations and help find the right way for our countries to get along in the new era.\"
Addressing the Taiwan question, Wang urged the U.S. side to handle it prudently. He emphasized that Taiwan has been part of China's territory since ancient times. \"We will never allow Taiwan to be split from China,\" he asserted. Wang reminded that the United States has made solemn commitments to the one-China policy in the three China-U.S. joint communiques and should not renege on them.
Marco Rubio acknowledged the significance of the relationship between the two great countries. \"The U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the 21st century and will determine the future of the world,\" he said. Rubio expressed the United States' hope to have candid communication with China, resolve differences, and manage the bilateral relationship in a mature and prudent manner.
He added that the United States does not support \"Taiwan independence\" and hopes that the Taiwan question can be resolved peacefully in a manner acceptable to both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Wang concluded by emphasizing that big countries should act in a manner befitting their status, shoulder their due international responsibilities, maintain world peace, and help countries realize common development. \"I hope you will act accordingly and play a constructive role for the future of the people of China and the United States, as well as for the peace and stability of the world,\" Wang said.
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Wang Yi urges China, U.S. to find right way to get along in new era
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