US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday discussed the need to maintain open lines of communication between the the two countries, the State Department said on Friday.

Blinken told Wang on the sidelines of the UN summit in New York that the US is committed to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in line with Washington’s “One China Policy”.

Blinken stressed that preserving peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is critical to regional and global security and prosperity.

He also reiterated the US’s condemnation of Russia’s special millitary operation in Ukraine and highlighted the implications if China were to provide support to Russia. He underscored that the US remains open to cooperating with China where their interests intersect.

Source: VOV5