China declares stalemate in relations with the US

The talks held in CHINA between representatives of the US and Chinese foreign ministries only underlined the deep differences between the countries and did not lead to a consensus. it is reported by BLOOMBERG.

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Feng told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during her visit to China that relations "have reached an impasse and are facing serious difficulties."

Xie during the meeting presented Sherman with two lists of demands that could improve the dialogue between Beijing and Washington. The first concerned "US actions that violate international law, which must be stopped immediately." In the second, China demanded the lifting of sanctions against Chinese officials and government agencies, as well as an end to US attempts to extradite HUAWEI CFO Meng Wanzhou from CANADA. Washington believes that the IT giant, through the Hong Kong company Skycom, supplied products and technologies to Iran in violation of US sanctions.

Later, senior officials from the administration of President Joe Biden told the agency that Sherman's visit was focused on working out the terms for normalizing relations between the two countries and did not aim to agree on specific issues. At the same time, Bloomberg sources described the talks as frank and professional, although at times the conversation acquired a “difficult character”.