WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Wednesday and discussed the need for full transparency and information sharing between the two nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic and prevent future outbreaks.
Pompeo also discussed the need for fully reciprocal dealings in commercial, security, and diplomatic interactions, the US State Department said in an emailed statement.
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Pompeo met Yang in Hawaii, amid a deep deterioration in relations between the world’s two top economies.
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