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Chinese President Hu Jintao left here Monday morning for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit on April 12-13 in Washington at the invitation of the US President Barack Obama.
A small army of security forces, shuttered Metro stops, re-routed buses - Washington will leave nothing to chance this week to protect leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit.
If al-Qaida acquired nuclear weapons it "would have no compunction at using them," President Barack Obama said Sunday on the eve of a summit aimed at finding ways to secure the world's nuclear stockpile.
Visiting US Under Secretary of State Robert D. Hormats said here Friday he is very optimistic the United States and China could address problems in a constructive way.
Special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice Premier Wang Qishan met with special representative of US President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner here Thursday.
Wang Chen, director of China's State Council Information Office, met with Robert D. Hormats, U.S. under secretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs, here Thursday.
China is hoping the international community would arrive at a consensus on the protection of nuclear material and facilities, and stave off likely threats from nuclear terrorism, during next week's nuclear security summit in Washington, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Bilateral relations between China and the United States continue to remain strong despite the recent tensions on the yuan issue, former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday.
