U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday, where Ukraine's leader this week dismissed Beijing's formula to end Russia's war in his country.

The two countries are at odds over Ukraine, Gaza, chip export controls, trade tariffs, Taiwan, and human rights issues

China and Brazil on Friday pressed ahead with an effort to gather developing countries behind a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's dismissal of the initiative as serving Moscow's interests.