Pompeo Meeting With Top Chinese Diplomat in Hawaii

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi shake hands following a press conference during the U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, on Nov. 9, 2018. Mandel Ngan/ AFP/Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii on Tuesday to meet a Chinese delegation at a U.S. military base in Hawaii this week to discuss the bilateral relationship, sources familiar with the matter said, according to Reuters.

The Chinese delegation will be led by Yang Jiechi, a former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States, according to “a source familiar with the arrangements,” reported South China Morning Post.