FM calls for healthy Sino-US ties

Equality, respect seen as prerequisites for exchanges between the two sides

China and the United States have reaffirmed the importance of dialogue and signaled a shared willingness to pursue stability and cooperation amid mounting tensions, experts said after Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Tuesday in Beijing with David Perdue, the new US ambassador to China.

The meeting came about three weeks after Perdue arrived in Beijing to take up the post in mid-May. China-US relations stand at a "critical and pivotal juncture", Wang said, expressing the hope that Perdue, the 13th US ambassador to China, would "play an active role" in promoting the sound, stable and sustainable development of bilateral ties.

Referring to recent economic and trade talks in Geneva, Wang emphasized that China has been "earnestly and strictly" implementing the consensus reached by both sides.