Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for China and the United States to find the right way to coexist in the new era, emphasizing the importance of mutual respect and cooperation. In a phone call on Friday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, initiated at Rubio's request, Wang highlighted the pivotal juncture at which China-U.S. relations currently stand.
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 conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump last Friday. During this discussion, both leaders reached a series of significant common understandings, setting the tone for future bilateral relations.
\"The development of China-U.S. relations has come to a new important juncture,\" Wang Yi stated. \"President Xi comprehensively elaborated on China's policy toward the United States, and President Trump responded positively. He looks forward to maintaining good relations with President Xi and emphasized that the United States and China working together can solve many problems in the world.\"
Wang underscored the necessity for both nations to implement the leaders' important common understandings. \"Our two 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, finding the right way for our two countries to get along in the new era.\"
Addressing the Taiwan question, Wang reiterated China's principled position and urged the U.S. to handle the matter prudently. \"Taiwan has been part of China's territory since ancient times. We will never allow Taiwan to be split from China,\" he asserted. He emphasized that the United States has made solemn commitments to abide by the one-China policy in the three China-U.S. joint communiques and should not renege on them.
Wang also highlighted that the leadership of the CPC is the choice of the Chinese people, and China's development is driven by strong internal dynamism. \"Our goal is to deliver a better life for the people and make more contributions to the world,\" he said. \"We have no intention of surpassing or replacing anyone, but we must defend our legitimate right to development.\"
In response, Secretary Rubio acknowledged that the United States and China are two great countries, and their relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the 21st century, determining the future of the world. \"The United States hopes to have candid communication with China, resolve differences, manage the bilateral relationship in a mature and prudent manner, and work together to address global challenges and maintain peace and stability in the world,\" Rubio stated.
Rubio 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.
Concluding the call, Wang Yi emphasized the responsibilities of major countries. \"Big countries should act in a manner befitting their status, shoulder their due international responsibilities, maintain world peace, and help countries realize common development,\" he said. \"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.\"
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Wang Yi urges China, U.S. to find right way to get along in new era
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