MANILA: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a regional meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on Wednesday (July 22) that “mutual benefit” is the foundation to get things done.
Wang added that China would continue working with the Southeast Asian bloc under the principles of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit, calling for greater solidarity to tackle emerging challenges and uncertainties while promoting regional and global peace and development.
The Chinese foreign minister is expected to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday on the sidelines of the summit, where the two top diplomats are expected to discuss a possible September summit between their leaders.
Rubio's meeting with Wang, which was confirmed by a State Department official, comes amid a fragile truce between the global superpowers that could be complicated by U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations last week of Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, which Beijing has denied.
