FM urges US actions to honor pledges

Beijing urges Washington to perceive China's development objectively and rationally, adopt a positive and pragmatic policy towards China, and honor President Joe Biden's commitments via concrete actions, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.

Wang made the remarks during a meeting in Munich, Germany, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the ongoing Munich Security Conference.

During the meeting, the two sides had "candid, substantive and constructive discussions", the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The two heads of state had a successful meeting last year, where they exchanged in-depth views on strategic, overall issues for China-US relations and reached an important consensus.

Wang said the most important task for both sides currently is to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state to make the San Francisco vision a reality, so as to promote a sound, steady and sustainable development of bilateral relations.

To this end, the two sides should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, actively exploring the right way for the two major countries to get along with each other, Wang noted.

Speaking on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, Wang stressed that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China's territory, which is the real status quo of the Taiwan question.

He warned that it is the "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and the connivance and support by external forces that are attempting to change the status quo.

If the US genuinely hopes for stability across the Taiwan Strait, it should abide by the one-China principle and the three landmark China-US joint communiques, and carry out its commitment of not supporting "Taiwan independence", he said.

Wang said that the US actions such as seeking disengaging China and "decoupling from China" will eventually backfire on the US itself.

He called on Washington to lift illegal unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals and not to undermine China's legitimate rights to seek development.

The two sides also exchanged views on people-to-people exchanges and on facilitating personnel exchanges.

Wang urged the US side to stop unwarranted harassment and interrogation against Chinese citizens and to work more on enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples.

"An act of kindness, no matter how trivial, is worth performing, while an act of evil, no matter how small, must be shunned," Wang quoted a Chinese proverb as saying.

At the talks, the two sides discussed exchanges at various levels between the two countries in the next stage, and agreed to maintain dialogue and communication in various fields and continue to carry out the San Francisco vision.

Speaking highly of the work of the China-US counter-narcotics cooperation working group, the two sides expressed the hope that the coming high-level meeting between law enforcement departments of the two countries will achieve positive results.

In addition, they agreed to continue to advance dialogue and consultation on foreign policy, Asia-Pacific affairs, maritime affairs and artificial intelligence, while maintaining communication between the two militaries.

The two sides also exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis, the Palestine-Israel conflict, the Korean Peninsula and other regional hotspot issues.

They also agreed to maintain contact between the two sides' special envoys for Peninsula affairs.

zhangyunbi@chinadaily.com.cn