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Al Jazeera Staff

Washington backs ‘open lines of communication’ with Beijing

In talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New York, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renews warnings against China supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine [David 'Dee' Delgado/Pool via Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States’s top diplomat has told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries must keep communication channels open, the US State Department says, as global competition and tensions persist between Washington and Beijing.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

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