US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait when he met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New York, as signs of de-escalation appeared on the horizon.
The meeting lasted 90 minutes on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, and the two ministers held talks that a US official described as “very frank” and focused largely on Taiwan.
In a statement following the meeting, the US State Department said that the US secretary “stressed that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is essential to regional and global security and prosperity.”
She added that he “discussed the need to maintain open lines of communication and to manage relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China with a sense of responsibility, especially in times of tension.”
