US, China stress importance of potential trilateral talks with Russia

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that the leader-level conversations must address peace and denuclearization

WASHINGTON, November 12. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed during a phone call on the importance of holding potential high-level talks with Russia to address peace and nuclear arms reduction, the US State Department's press office said.

"They agreed on the importance of meaningful leader-level conversations to advance goals such as peace and denuclearization, including at any potential trilateral leaders meeting with Russia," the department said in a statement posted on its X account.

Rubio and Wang discussed the APEC summit, scheduled to take place in Shenzhen, China, on November 18-19, as well as the G20 summit, scheduled for December 14-15 in Miami. They also discussed "bilateral leader-level commitment to a constructive relationship of strategic stability on the basis of respect, fairness, and reciprocity." The call took place at China's request.

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