In accordance with the newest announcement made by Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesman Mao Ning this morning (August 24), US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan will go to China from August 27 to 29 to carry a brand new spherical of strategic exchanges between the 2 nations. The go to is made on the invitation of Politburo member and Director of the Workplace of the Overseas Affairs Fee of the Communist Occasion of China Central Committee Wang Yi.
Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesman Mao Ning. Photograph: Chinese language Overseas Ministry
Nonetheless, the Chinese language Overseas Ministry didn’t announce the particular schedule and the content material the 2 sides will focus on in the course of the go to.
This might be Mr. Sullivan’s first go to to Beijing after greater than 3 years as Nationwide Safety Advisor and in addition the primary go to to China by a US Nationwide Safety Advisor since 2016. The go to takes place when the US presidential election is coming into the ultimate stage and US-China relations nonetheless have some tensions.
The aim of Mr. Jake Sullivan’s go to is claimed to be to carry US-China relations again to a state of steadiness after tensions between the 2 nations on account of commerce disputes, the balloon concern and the battle in Ukraine.
The go to can also be seen as laying the groundwork for a US-China summit between US President Joe Biden and Chinese language President Xi Jinping scheduled to happen later this 12 months.
It’s recognized that Mr. Jake Sullivan and Mr. Wang Yi met in Vienna (Austria), Malta and Washington (USA) in Might, September and October 2023, in addition to in Bangkok (Thailand) in late January 2024. The assembly between these two high-ranking officers has change into an essential mechanism for China and the US to manage the aggressive relationship between the 2 sides.
