DM Monitoring
ANCHORAGE: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said here Wednesday that China will not compromise on core interests during the upcoming high-level strategic dialogue between top diplomats of China and the United States.
“For any dialogue between countries, a basic prerequisite is that both sides should have the spirit of equality and mutual respect,” Cui told Chinese reporters at a briefing, one day ahead of the dialogue that is scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Anchorage, a city in the U.S. state of Alaska.
“When its core interests are involved, China has no room to back down. This position will also be clearly articulated in the dialogue.” Cui said, according to an English translation of the transcript released after the briefing.
If some people assume that China will say yes to any unilateral demands from any side just for some “outcomes” from the dialogue, they should give up, said Cui.
Cui also said that China does not expect that one dialogue can resolve all the issues between the two sides, adding that it does not have “unrealistic expectations or illusions” about the upcoming high-level dialogue with the United States.
The veteran diplomat said he hoped that the dialogue will become a beginning and that the two sides will start a candid, constructive, rational process of dialogue and communication.
“If this can be achieved, then the dialogue is successful,” Cui said.
