August 30, 2023

China and the UK have reengaged with each other by face-to-face talks between senior officials for the first time in five years as the British top diplomat James Cleverly visited China on Wednesday. But to what extent this can recover the overall China-UK relations depends on what the UK would do to remove obstacles for the recovery of bilateral ties, and restore communication and exchanges of all sectors. 

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Cleverly, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, in Beijing on Wednesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Han said China and the UK have established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level for more than half a century and achieved positive results in practical cooperation in various fields. Faced with the risks and challenges of the current international situation, the two sides, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and major economies, should uphold the spirit of mutual respect and win-win cooperation, accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, maintain communication in international and regional affairs, and jointly promote world peace and development, he said.

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