“Recently, as the US side has been constantly escalating trade friction toward China, it has also adopted a series of actions on the Taiwan issue that harm China’s rights and interests, and has made groundless criticism of China’s domestic and foreign policies,” Wang said at a joint appearance with Pompeo.
“We believe this has been a direct attack on our mutual trust, and has cast a shadow on China-US relations,” he added. “We demand that the US side stop this kind of mistaken action.”
Wang also urged the United States to stop selling arms to Taiwan and to cut off official visits and military ties with the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own.
Pompeo, who was briefing Wang following his visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said, “The issues that you characterised, we have a fundamental disagreement.
“We have great concerns about the actions that China has taken, and I look forward to having the opportunity to discuss each of those today because this is an incredibly important relationship.”
Pompeo and Wang openly disagreed over which side had called off a two-way security dialogue that had been planned in Beijing this month.