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BEIJING, China: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Washington and Beijing were continuing to discuss the release of three American citizens detained in China.

The three detained Americans are pastor David Lin, 67, Kai Li, 60, and Texas businessman Mark Swidan. Washington said all three are being wrongfully detained.

In an interview with CBS News, Blinken said, “I do not want to get into the details, but we are very actively talking about that.”

“The US has a commitment to continue to work on resolving all three cases. I not only raised, but talked some length about the individual cases of the detained Americans,” he added.

“Their release would, regardless of anything else, be a very important and positive development, and we are working intensely,” Blinken said.