US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, according to a schedule on the US Department of State website.
“[At] 3:30 p.m. LOCAL [14:30 GMT] Secretary Blinken meets with People’s Republic of China Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, Germany,” the schedule read.
The encounter comes after, in January, Wang held a meeting with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok. Following the meeting, a senior US administration official announced that a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be arranged in spring.
This year, the Munich Security Conference takes place from February 16-18. Over 450 high-profile officials, including heads of state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organizations, high-ranking representatives of industry, media, academia, and civil society are expected to attend the meeting to discuss international security issues. The forum was founded in 1963 and this year it celebrates its 60th anniversary. UNI/SPUTNIK AKS
