Top US Chinese officials talk on Taiwan, Iran and Myanmar in Bangkok

In this photo released by the Government Spokesman Office, Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, left, talks with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. - (Government Spokesman Office via AP)

BANGKOK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters): Top Chinese and US. officials held candid talks in Bangkok aimed at lowering tensions between the superpowers on Taiwan and other subjects, ahead of an expected springtime call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

US. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to use his country's diplomatic influence to convince Iran to curtail support for Houthis attacking Red Sea merchant vessels, according to a senior Biden administration official.