The United Nations General Assembly had its focus on Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, but behind the scenes it gave way to many more things. Among them, a meeting between China and the United States in which Perkin’s misgivings towards Washington have become clear.
In a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, openly criticized the double standards of the US administration, which he defined as the “two faces” of Washington in bilateral relations between countries and specifically with regard to the Chinese position regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Chinese diplomat has urged US authorities to stop “slandering” China for its position regarding the invasion and has criticized that the US, “on the one hand, unscrupulously blocks and represses China and, on the other, talks and cooperates with China as if nothing had happened.
“As the United States has repeatedly stated that it has no intention of entering into conflict with China, it should establish a rational understanding of China from scratch, build a correct way to get along with it, respectfully carry out dialogue, promote cooperation (…) and handle things with caution instead of ‘always starting from a position of strength,’ the Chinese Foreign Minister proposed in a statement collected by the Europa Prees agency.
In this context, the representatives of both countries have addressed the situation in Ukraine and from Beijing they have defended that China’s position on this issue is “open and honest”, and that “it has always insisted on promoting peace and talks (. ..) to promote a political solution”.
For this reason, add the note, The US “should stop defaming, incriminating and imposing indiscriminate sanctions on China, and stop using this to create confrontation and incite confrontation between camps.” In another vein, Wang and Blinken have confronted positions in relation to the independence of Taiwan or the issue of the South China Sea. In this regard, the Chinese representative has defended that “Taiwan independence and peace across the Taiwan Strait are incompatible”, so the United States “must respect the one-China principle” if it “sincerely hopes for peace and stability.”
Likewise, Wang has insisted on “resolving differences” in relation to the South China Sea “through dialogue and consultation with the countries directly involved”, urging his interlocutor “not to provoke problems” or “undermine efforts of the countries of the region to maintain peace and stability”.
For his part, the US Secretary of State has expressed his “constant concern” about the support that the Chinese authorities have provided “to Russia’s defense industrial base and its war of aggression against Ukraine.”
Along these lines, he has also reiterated “the need for the People’s Republic of China to address the threat that Russia represents to transatlantic security.” Blinken has also conveyed to Wang his concern over “the dangerous and destabilizing actions” promoted by the Chinese authorities in the South China Sea and has stressed “the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
Washington has also drawn attention to “the cases of American citizens detained or subject to exit bans in China”, Human Rights in areas such as Tibet and Hong Kong or technological development and its relationship with national security issues, among others. affairs.
Despite everything, both parties have agreed on the need to “find long-term peaceful coexistence” between China and the United States and have assured that they will “continue” with “dialogue and cooperation” to “properly manage (their) differences and ( …) achieve stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral relations.”
