The State Department confirmed Friday that Kerry recently restarted climate talks with his Chinese counterpart and is planning additional meetings.
"Mr. Kerry's continued engagement in shady negotiations will be met with intense scrutiny by the committee."
Comer announced in February that the Oversight Committee would open a probe into Kerry's secretive negotiations with Chinese climate diplomats.
JOHN KERRY'S OFFICE CONSULTED LEFT-WING ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WHILE CRAFTING POLICIES, EMAILS SHOW. "Secretary Kerry last spoke virtually with his counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in April as part of their ongoing conversations on the critical work needed to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
As part of that effort, Kerry has engaged in various private talks with Chinese counterparts, including two 2021 meetings that took place in China.
Following a regional climate summit in April 2021, Kerry told CNBC that solving climate change was "Not about China."
"The Secretary of State consults closely and regularly with the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate to ensure policy coordination," a State Department official whose name was redacted told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff in a May 2021 email responding to a question about whether Blinken has authority over Kerry.
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