China is ready to achieve more progress in China-U.S. ties after the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
"We're willing to communicate with Trump's team, enhance mutual understanding and broaden our consensus on cooperation," he said in Ankara at a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Wang was there to co-chair the first meeting of the China-Turkey consultation mechanism.
He told reporters that China and the U.S. have kept close contact at all levels, and it is the consensus of both U.S. Republicans and Democrats to develop and deepen the bilateral relationship.
"We're willing to continue cooperation with the Obama administration, to ensure the smooth transition of our relationship to the next U.S. administration," he said.
In a congratulatory message to Trump on his election on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping said China is willing to push China-U.S. relations further forward from a new starting point, on the basis of principles of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation.
"This has shown the direction for future development of bilateral ties," Wang said, adding that China is willing to work together with the U.S. in this regard.
