Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks on February 18, 2023 during the Munich Security Conference in 2023 in Germany.
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Beijing-China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the US relationships during a top-class press conference on Friday, in contrast to the ministry, during a top-class press conference aggressive Language at the beginning of the week.
While Wang said that the USA should not return “arbitrary tariffs” or the good will with hostility, he emphasized that both countries would be part of the world for a long time, which requires “peaceful coexistence”.
“In view of the comprehensive common interests and the broad space for cooperation, China and the USA are quite possible to become partners who have mutually successful,” said Wang in Mandarin about an official translation.
He spent a large part of the approximately 90-minute press conference on China’s efforts to improve relationships with other countries and to support the interests of the non-western nations.
Wang is also the director of the Office for Foreign Affairs within the Commission of China’s Central Commission and is and is the most high -ranking diplomat in the country. During the annual parliamentary meeting of China, known as “Two Sessions”, he spoke to reporters.
His comments came back shortly after China was repelled against American President Donald Trump’s increasing trade tariffs.
“If the war is what the United States want, be it a tariff war, a trade war or another kind of war, we are ready to fight until the end,” said the Chinese embassy in the United States in a post on X.
The tensions between the USA and China have escalated in the past few days. Trump imposed another 10% of tariffs on Chinese goods at the beginning of this week Beijing returns With targeted tasks on US agricultural products and restrictions on several US companies.
The Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao stated reporters on Thursday that Beijing was ready to meet the USA for discussions about the trade.
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On Friday, Wang claimed that Beijing wanted to play a constructive role in achieving the “permanent peace” in the Russia Ukraine War while realizing that China’s friendship with Moscow would not change.
Wang campaigned for a two-state solution around Gaza and said that the current situation was only halfway progress in the direction of such a solution.
China’s Foreign Minister also said that “unjustified external oppression” did not stop Chinese technological development and was ready to share its technology with other countries instead of keeping it to themselves.
In a proposed budget that was published this week for state expenditure this year, China is planning to increase the expenses for diplomatic efforts by 8.4% compared to an increase of 6.6% last year.
