Foreign and Military Affairs

US Deputy Secretary of State to visit China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-27 20:45

BEIJING: US Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will visit China early next month, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday.

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Steinberg and Jeffrey Bader, senior director for Asian affairs at the US National Security Council, will pay the visit from March 2 to 4 to "exchange opinions with the Chinese side over matters related to China-US relations," spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.

Qin said the US side proposed the visit and China has accepted it.

The high-level visit comes amid recent tensions between the two countries following Washington's $6.4-billion arms sale plan to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama.