China’s international minister says the highway to an anticipated assembly between President Xi Jinping and U_S_ President Joe Biden wouldn’t be “smooth-sailing.”
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 Picture/Jose Luis Magana)
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BEIJING — China’s international minister considers that the highway to an anticipated assembly between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden wouldn’t be “smooth-sailing” and that either side should work collectively to attain outcomes, the international ministry stated on Sunday.
Wang Yi met with Biden, in addition to secretary of state Anthony Blinken and nationwide safety advisor Jake Sullivan, throughout a three-day go to to Washington. Each side agreed to work towards a bilateral assembly on the upcoming Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board summit in San Francisco in November.
In an assertion launched by China’s international ministry summarizing the discussions with members of the “U.S. strategic group,” Wang stated that the highway to the bilateral assembly wouldn’t be “{smooth} crusing” and that they may not depend on “autopilot” to make it occur.
Wang’s three-day go to to Washington got here at a time when tensions between the 2 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 stated that though there are nonetheless many points to be resolved, either side consider that it’s each helpful and essential 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 stated that China and the U.S. wanted a “return to Bali,” in a reference to Xi and Biden’s earlier assembly at a G20 summit final 12 months, the place each officers mentioned points regarding Taiwan, U.S.-China commerce tensions in addition to cooperation to deal with points like local weather change, well being and meals safety.
Wang stated that the 2 international locations should “get rid of 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.
