Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian announced on the 13th that as agreed by China and the United States, Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, will meet with Sullivan, assistant to the president of the United States for national security affairs, in Rome, Italy, on March 14 to exchange views on China US relations and international and regional issues of common concern. (Xinhua News Agency)