Obama aide heads to China after UN veto on Syria

DHAKA: A top aide to US President Barack Obama will head to China on Sunday, in the wake of Beijing and Moscow`s veto of a UN resolution on Syria, and will also visit Japan, the White House has announced.

National security adviser Thomas Donilon`s talks in Beijing will include a meeting with state councilor Dai Bingguo, a high-ranking official whose brief is heavily focused on China`s foreign policy.

Donilon will address "the current and future state of US-China relations," and cooperation on "challenges of mutual concern, including nonproliferation, regional security in Asia and the Middle East," a White House statement said.

The US diplomat will then travel to Tokyo for talks with senior Japanese officials on security cooperation and other bilateral issues, it added

Source: TOI

BDST: 0906 HRS, JULY 21, 2012
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