US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing to meet with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.
A senior US official said that the talks would include discussions on the disputed South China Sea and ongoing tensions around Taiwan.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said they were hoping for productive talks as they met in Beijing.
Sullivan said after he arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday afternoon that he looked forward to “a very productive round of conversations” with foreign minister Wang.
“We’ll delve into a wide range of issues, including issues on which we agree and those issues… where there are still differences that we need to manage effectively and substantively,” he said.
Wang told Sullivan he was keen for “substantive” and “constructive” talks during his visit, the first to China by a US national security adviser since 2016.
He also said he wanted the two sides to “help China-US relations move forward towards the San Francisco vision”, referring to a framework hashed out by Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping during talks in the US city last year.
