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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Chinese Foreign Minister and CPC Central Foreign Affairs Commission Director Wang Yi that the Trump administration will put the “American people first” and advance American interests in its relationship with China, according to a reading of the call from spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
The meeting was the first between Rubio and Wang since the former Florida senator was unanimously approved by the Senate this week to become President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet official next. Monday’s inauguration.
“The Secretary also emphasized the United States’ commitment to our allies in the region and serious concern about China’s coercive actions against Taiwan and in the South China Sea,” Bruce said. “The Secretary also discussed other issues of bilateral, regional and global importance with his Chinese counterpart.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Chinese Foreign Minister and Director of the CPC Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi that the Trump administration will put the “American people first” and advance American interests in their relationship. with China, according to a readout of the call by spokesperson Tammy Bruce. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz/file)
Wang told Rubio during the call that he hoped he would “conduct himself” well and “play a constructive role in the future of the Chinese and American people and in global peace and stability.”
He added that Trump and chinese president xi jinping It had already set the tone for US-China relations.
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President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum on Thursday virtually that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping “have always had a great relationship,” and all his administration wants is “justice. We just want a level playing field.” (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
“The teams of both sides should implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, maintain communication, manage differences, expand cooperation, promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relations, and find a way right for China and the United States to get along in the new era,” Wang said.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, flanked by his wife, Jeanette, and Vice President JD Vance, was sworn in Tuesday in the vice presidential ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Trump on Thursday told the World Economic Forum practically that he and Xi “have always had a great relationship,” and all his administration wants is “justice. We just want a level playing field.”
