The US State Department has traditionally congratulated China before its National Day, as it does with all nations with which it has diplomatic ties. In previous years it congratulated China in statements on September 29 last year and on September 30, 2022.
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This year, it sent out congratulatory messages to Nigeria and Cyprus, which both celebrated independence on October 1, and to Guinea for its national celebration on October 2.
The State Department did not touch on the subject during its daily press briefing on Tuesday, which centred on US responses to Iran’s missile attacks on Israel.
The department did not respond to a request for comment.
Leaders or senior officials from Europe, including Germany, Italy and the European Union, sent congratulatory messages to China, as did Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
State Department and White House officials, however, attended a Chinese National Day reception hosted by Beijing’s embassy in Washington on Monday. Daniel Kritenbrink, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, gave a brief remark at the embassy to congratulate China and its people on the occasion.
