US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China for diplomatic talks next week and is expected to be there on June 18, a US official said on Friday.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that Blinken would travel to China in the coming weeks, citing an official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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The Associated Press reported the timing of the trip earlier on Friday.
The US official did not elaborate on the trip.
Washington's top diplomat scrapped a planned trip earlier this year over a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States.
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