Top US And Chinese Diplomats Meet In Malta To Discuss Taiwan, Military Communications And Russia

DNYUZ/New York Times: U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet in Malta to Discuss Ukraine and Other Flashpoints

The White House announced on Sunday that its national security adviser met over the weekend with China’s top diplomat in Malta, as part of efforts to keep open channels of communication between the two nations during a long period of rising tensions, and as political purges roil elite circles in Beijing.

Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, met with Wang Yi, the Communist Party’s top foreign policy official and China’s foreign minister, on Saturday and Sunday, the White House said in its summary of the talks. The summary said they spoke about relations between the two nations, Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan, a de facto independent democratic island that the party aims to rule and that is an important U.S. partner.

Read more ....

Top US And Chinese Diplomats Meet In Malta To Discuss Taiwan, Military Communications And Russia

Top diplomat Wang Yi meets with US’ Sullivan, emphasizing Taiwan question as ‘the first red line’ -- Global Times

US national security adviser held 'candid, constructive' talks with Chinese foreign minister -- CNA/Reuters

Biden's national security adviser secretly meets China's foreign minister in bid to ease strained ties -- NBC News

National security adviser, China's top diplomat take fresh stab at cooling U.S.-China tensions -- Politico

Top US and Chinese diplomats meet in Malta to smooth strained relations -- The Guardian

US, Chinese representatives discuss Taiwan, military communications and Russia in lengthy high-level meetings -- ABC News Australia

US national security adviser, Chinese diplomat talk in Malta -- DW

Top Biden adviser meets with Chinese foreign minister in effort to cool tensions -- Axios

from War News Updates https://ift.tt/jONoAqX
via IFTTT

Comments

Is Putin's Inner Circle Already In Discussions On Who Is Going To Replace Him?

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on Monday. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Daily Beast: Putin’s Own Men Are Already Discussing Who Will Replace Him Three months into Vladimir Putin’s bloody “special operation” in Ukraine, his own men in the Kremlin are reportedly discussing who will replace him. That’s according to new reporting by the independent news outlet Meduza, which cited several sources close to the Russian presidential administration who said officials are increasingly fed up with Putin personally. Some of Putin’s own allies within the Kremlin walls have reportedly floated the idea of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin becoming his successor, or former President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of the Security Council. Sergei Kirienko, the first deputy chief of staff of the presidential administration, was also said to have been discussed as a contender. Read more .... Update: Krem

US And Russian Chiefs Of Staff Discuss Ukraine In Rare Phone Call

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (left) and his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov (file photo) The Hill: Milley speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since start of war Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley spoke with his Russian counterpart on Thursday, the first such conversation between the two since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February, according to the Pentagon. Milley spoke by phone with Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian general staff, and they “discussed several security-related issues of concern and agreed to keep the lines of communication open,” Joint Staff spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said in a readout of the conversation. The Pentagon did not provide further information on the conversation. Read more .... WNU Editor: So much for the reports last week that Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Valery Gerasimov was fired by Putin last week .... Putin rumor

US Secretary Of State Blinken Says China Is A Greater Long Term Threat Than Russia

Daily Mail : 'US does NOT support Taiwan independence': Blinken cleans up Biden's comments in speech saying America doesn't want 'another Cold War' with Beijing and slamming Xi Jinping for cooperating with Putin and being more 'aggressive' abroad * Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday about China's rise * Said Beijing's cooperation with Putin 'raises alarm bells' after Ukraine invasion * Claims Xi Jinping is now 'more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad' * Cleaned up Biden's Taiwan comments by saying US doesn't back independence * Insisted U.S. Taiwan policy has not changed in decades, but he did warn against China trying to undermine the status quo Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday morning that the threat of China will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' - but insisted America does not want another Cold War and do

MTQ News

Search This Blog