China’s international minister says the street to an anticipated assembly between President Xi Jinping and U_S_ President Joe Biden wouldn’t be “easy crusing.”
ByThe Related Press
October 29, 2023, 5:25 AM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi, proper, with their delegations throughout a bilateral assembly on the State Division in Washington, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photograph/Jose Luis Magana)
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BEIJING — China’s international minister believes the street to an anticipated assembly between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden won’t be “easy crusing” and each side should work collectively to attain outcomes, the international ministry mentioned Sunday.
Wang Yi met with Biden, in addition to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan, throughout a three-day go to to Washington. Each side agreed to work towards a bilateral assembly on the aspect of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in San Francisco that begins Nov. 11.
In an assertion launched by China’s international ministry summarizing the discussions, Wang mentioned the street to the bilateral assembly wouldn’t be “easy crusing” and that they may not depend on “autopilot” to make it occur.
Wang’s go to to Washington got here at a time when tensions between the international locations stay excessive, together with over U.S. export controls on superior expertise and China’s extra assertive actions within the East and South China seas.
The assertion mentioned that though there are nonetheless many points to be resolved, each side consider that it’s each helpful and crucial for the U.S. and China to keep up dialogue.
The assembly is the newest in a collection of high-level contacts between the 2 international locations as they discover the opportunity of stabilizing an more and more tense relationship at a time of battle in Ukraine and Israel.
In keeping with the international ministry assertion, Wang additionally mentioned that China and the U.S. wanted a “return to Bali,” in a reference to Xi and Biden’s assembly at a G20 summit final yr, the place each officers mentioned points referring to Taiwan, U.S.-China commerce tensions in addition to cooperation to handle points like local weather change, well being and meals safety.
Wang mentioned that the 2 international locations should “remove interference, overcome obstacles, improve consensus and accumulate outcomes.”
Different points mentioned between Wang and Biden included army exchanges between the U.S. and China, in addition to monetary, technological and cultural exchanges and cooperation, in addition to the crises within the Center East and Ukraine.