Secretary Michael R. Pompeo’s Meeting with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member Yang Jiechi

<section class="module featured-content page-header " style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 109px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: url("../images/wavy-navy.jpg") 0px 0px repeat rgb(10, 49, 77); position: relative; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1260px; padding: 0px 60px; width: 1260px; column-gap: 2.63%; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative;"><div class="featured-content__copy" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 2 / span 11; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><h1 class="featured-content__headline stars-above" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 22px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 52px; line-height: 1.11538; font-family: "EB Garamond", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; letter-spacing: -0.75px; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;">Secretary Michael R. Pompeo’s Meeting with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member Yang Jiechi</h1><div class="article-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 22px;"><p class="article-meta doctype-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">READOUT</p><p class="article-meta__author-bureau" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/bureau-of-global-public-affairs/office-of-the-spokesperson/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON</a></p><p class="article-meta__publish-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;">JUNE 17, 2020</p></div><div class="page-header__actions" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-content: center; align-items: center; display: flex; flex-wrap: nowrap; margin-bottom: 96px; margin-top: 30px;"><div class="addthis" data-ctx="mobile-collapse" data-component="addthis" data-content="ra-5b5a073fce27c9d1" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: auto; margin-top: 20px;"><div class="addthis__inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row; height: 30px;"><button class="addthis__inline-trigger js-addthis-open icon icon-social-share" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: visible; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; padding-right: 28px; position: relative; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out 0s; outline: 0px;">Share</button><div class="addthis__inline-modal" style="box-sizing: border-box; bottom: 0px; display: flex; left: 0px; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 60; background-color: transparent; align-items: center;"><div class="addthis__inline-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-direction: row;"><div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1260px; padding: 0px 60px; width: 1260px; column-gap: 2.63%; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1260px; padding: 0px 60px; width: 1260px; column-gap: 2.63%; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / span 8; margin-top: 57px; padding-bottom: 70px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: -0.25px;">The below is attributable to Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 24px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: -0.25px;">Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met today with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo Member Yang Jiechi in Honolulu, Hawaii to exchange views on U.S.-China relations.  The Secretary stressed important American interests and the need for fully-reciprocal dealings between the two nations across commercial, security, and diplomatic interactions.  He also stressed the need for full transparency and information sharing to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and prevent future outbreaks.</p></div></div><p><br></p>