China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned the US to approach Taiwan affairs with “utmost caution” in a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling for Washington to expand cooperation and manage risks with Beijing.
According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, the two top diplomats held a “positive and constructive” phone call on Tuesday. It is the first reported cabinet-level communication since US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China in mid-May.
During that visit, the two rival powers agreed on a “new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability”.
Wang told Rubio on Tuesday that having constructive and strategically stable ties was in the interests of the two countries and the international community, adding that both countries should “remove interference, overcome obstacles, and stay firmly on this correct path”.
Building such a relationship “is not just a slogan” and it “requires action, moving towards each other and persistent efforts”, he said.
“To that end, both sides should lengthen the list of cooperation, create more positive agendas, while also shortening the list of problems and managing various risks and hidden dangers.