GG News Bureau
Washington, 19th Jan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China early next month and the details of his visit are still being worked out, said an official spokesperson.
The challenge posed by North Korea to the Indo-Pacific region and beyond will be on the agenda when Secretary of State John Kerry visits Beijing, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price at his daily news conference on Wednesday.
“The Secretary has said for a number of weeks now that he will travel to the PRC (People’s Republic of China) early this year. Now that we are in early 2023, I would expect that the secretary will have an opportunity to travel to Beijing next month,” Price told reporters.
“The details of that visit are still being worked out,” he said.
Though the exact dates of Blinken’s visit to China have yet to be announced, Politico reports that he will be in Beijing on February 5 and 6.
Price further said, “I would imagine if and when Secretary Blinken does travel to Beijing, he will have an opportunity to meet with several interlocutors to discuss the broad array of issues that forms the basis of what is arguably the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world.”
In response to a question, he stated that the threat posed by North Korea to the Indo-Pacific region and beyond will be discussed when Secretary Blinken visits China.
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