U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he supports South Korea's efforts to develop a 'healthy and mature' cooperative relationship with China, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin shake hands at a news conference, at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Roberto Schmidt/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
SEOUL, June 17 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he supports South Korea's efforts to develop a "healthy and mature" cooperative relationship with China, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Saturday.by an official of President Joe Biden's administration, discussed bilateral relations, relations between China and South Korea, and North Korea in a call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.
U.S. officials say they do not expect Blinken's trip to China, the first by a secretary of state in five years, to yield a breakthrough in how Washington and Beijing deal with each other. Blinken said on Friday the trip was aimed at establishing "open and empowered" communications.
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