On September 26, 2011, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the General Debate of the 66th Session of UN General Assembly in New York. Also present at the meeting were Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Zhang Yesui, Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Li Baodong, Director-General Xie Feng of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Director-General Chen Xu of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, as well as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the White House's National Security Council Daniel Russell.

Yang reaffirmed the Chinese government's solemn position on the United States' arms sales to Taiwan. Yang said the wrong decision by the U.S. gravely violated the principles of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques and August 17 Communique, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and seriously undermined China's security, its endeavor to achieve peaceful reunification and the China-U.S. relations. "China urged the U.S. to attach great importance to China's solemn position and take it very seriously, correct the mistake of selling weapons to Taiwan by revoking the above-mentioned wrong decision, eliminate its negative influence, stop arms sales to Taiwan and U.S.-Taiwan military contact, and take real actions to uphold the larger interest of China-U.S. relations," Yang said.

Clinton said the U.S. is firmly committed to expanding, deepening and enhancing positive, comprehensive and cooperative relations with China. The U.S. adheres to one-China policy and pays much attention to and seriously treat China's position and concerns about the U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, she said. "The U.S. welcomes and supports the peaceful development of relations between China's mainland and Taiwan, and will continue to be devoted to promoting peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits," she said. "The U.S. is willing to properly handle the differences between the two countries and avoid disrupting cooperation between the two sides."

They also exchanged views on other issues of China-U.S. relations as well as current international and regional concerns. They both agreed to work together to make a success of the upcoming G20 summit, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) informal leaders' meeting and East Asia Summit with a view to promoting world economic recovery and cooperation in the Asia- Pacific and eastern Asian region.

Moreover, the two countries also agreed to strengthen communication and coordination, making due contributions to maintaining world peace and promoting common development.