VOT Research Desk
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng met with US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink and Senior Director for China Affairs of the White House National Security Council on Sunday and Monday.
According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Wang Wenbin, which was cited by Reuters.
They engaged in an extensive exchange of opinions on global and local matters of interest, according to Wang.
The discussions were open, thorough, and productive, Wang continued.
The US sanctioned two senior Chinese officials for what they called grave abuses of human rights in Tibet, and in response, China’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement.
These illegitimate sanctions had a negative impact on Sino-American relations, according to Wang.
