Joe Biden: “Serious mistake” by Xi Jinping who did not attend the G20 and COP26

The Chinese president Xi Jinping made a “serious mistake” by not attending her meeting G20 in Rome and at the conference COP26 on the climate in Glasgow, the US president said today Joe Biden.

“I think it was a big mistake that China did not come” and the Chinese president “missed the opportunity to influence people around the world, “said the US president at a news conference after concluding his own visit to the UN climate conference, which is considered crucial.

In the same press conference, the American president stressed that not worries that an armed conflict could accidentally arise between Washington and Beijing, according to the APE BPE.

What Beijing supports

Beijing, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping had not been given the opportunity to address the COP26 climate talks through video call and that for this he was obliged to send a written text.

Xi, who is not attending the UN meeting in person, issued a written statement not offered additional commitments on climate targets, while calling on countries to keep their promises and boost “mutual trust and co-operation”, according to Reuters.

“As far as I understand, the conference organizers did not provide the choice of video link,” said a State Department spokesman. Wang Wenbin, to journalists.

A British government spokesman said Britain wanted people to have natural presence at COP26 and therefore leaders could not participate online. They can only offer recorded speeches or statements.

Climate observers expressed worry does Xi’s physical absence mean that China is not ready to offer other concessions in this round of talks.