US agreement with China for summit meeting of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in mid-November, on the sidelines of the APEC forum in San Francisco, the Associated Press reveals, citing unnamed sources in the US government, clarifying that the details are still being processed.
Earlier, US President Biden met with her foreign minister ChinaWang Yi, at the White House, and according to his services, he called on the Chinese government to cooperate with the American government in order to “manage” their relationship in a “responsible way” and “face global challenges together.”
The two rival world powers, who are engaged in a fierce competition that has not yet been drawn out, must “manage the competition in their relationship responsibly and maintain open channels of communication,” Mr. Biden told his guest, according to a statement. type of services.
“He stressed that the US and China must work together to address global challenges”the text adds.
According to an American official, Washington is pressing Beijing in particular to play what it considers a “more constructive role” in order to avoid an escalation of the Israel/Hamas war, taking advantage of its relationship with Tehran.
The Chinese Foreign Minister yesterday continued his -rare- official visit to the American capital, the first since 2018, continuing the series of contacts between the two powers with the aim of lowering the thermometer in the stormy bilateral relationship and seeking areas of understanding.
His meeting with President Biden was carefully choreographed and took place away from cameras and reporters. In total, he was due to hold about ten hours of talks, including with national security adviser Jake Sullivan and his counterpart Anthony Blinken last Thursday and last Friday. The talks were described by the American side as “sincere” and “in-depth”.
The American president had repeatedly expressed his “hope” to meet with his Chinese counterpart before the end of the year. They last met in person a year ago, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in November 2022.
On Thursday, China’s foreign minister called for the bilateral relationship to be “stabilized” and for the world’s two most powerful economic powers to lead it on the “path of healthy, stable and sustainable development.” He has not made any other public statement.
Despite contacts and dialogue, mutual distrust and competition for influence in Asia and beyond continue to be the dominant element in this relationship.
The American president, who earlier this year caused anger in Beijing by classifying his Chinese counterpart in the category of “dictators”, does not hide it, he means to engage in competition in every azimuth with China, “with respect to international rules”, and to defend “American interests” in Asia. He asked Congress last week for $7.4 billion to counter Beijing, militarily and economically, including to continue arming Taiwan. While Washington promotes strengthening its alliances in Asia, with India, with Japan, with South Korea, with Australia, with the Pacific Islands, and even with Vietnam.
Beijing sees in the American moves an intention to “encircle” China, despite their denials USA.
In a report released on Friday, the International Crisis Group think tank called on Beijing, Washington and Taipei to de-escalate the geopolitical game, citing the risk of a conflict with “catastrophic” consequences. A possible Chinese military invasion of Taiwan does not seem very likely “in the near future”, but “the risk of conflict is increasing”, and the “current trajectory” of the sides is “dangerous”, he explained.
Source: News Beast
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