The foreign ministers of United States and China agreed Thursday on the need to promote dialogue, regardless of many disagreements, to help reduce misunderstanding and stabilize bilateral relations.

Iran PressAmerica: China's top diplomat voiced hope Thursday for more stable relations with the United States after months of turbulence as he paid a rare trip to Washington to prepare a potential visit by President Xi Jinping.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that China and the US need to have a "comprehensive" dialogue as he began a visit to Washington.

Speaking ahead of his meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Wang said via translation that the two nations have disagreements but at the same time share "important common interests and we face challenges that we need to respond to together.”

"Not only should we resume dialogue, the dialogue should be in-depth and comprehensive, so that with dialogue we can increase mutual understanding, reduce misunderstanding and misjudgment," said the Chinese diplomat. 219

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