/ world today news/ In a comment for KMG on the occasion of the impressive international forum that ended in Beijing on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s initiative, the Bulgarian publicist Petar Gerasimov defines it as a “political shock” for the USA and shares his opinion that ” ….Biden is running after the train to Beijing!” He also touches on the upcoming ATIS forum, as well as the expected meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden scheduled for the event in San Francisco.
“Recently, the world marked in an impressive way the 10th anniversary of a humane, economic and comprehensive initiative of the President Xi, simply called the Belt and Road.” Along its logistics routes, thousands of trains have traveled the distance between China – Central Asia – Europe, subject to the idea of a mutually beneficial economic cooperation”, emphasizes the publicist at the beginning of his comment. They were joined by the transport planes of the Air Silk Road and the huge container ships on the routes of the Sea Silk Road.
The high-level forum “One Belt, One Road” that ended a few days ago impressed the world public with its scale, spirit and perspective, Gerasimov categorically expresses his opinion and recalls that it was attended by leaders of nearly two thirds of the UN member states . “And they all raised their hands in greeting in anticipation of the next golden decade of the initiative,” he further commented.
“To say that this huge success has in the least caught the White House off guard is an understatement. Rather, the definition is “political shock.” Shock from the success of the Belt and Road, shock from the genius foresight of leader Xi Jinping!” – says Petar Gerasimov, continuing:
“And naturally, Washington’s reaction was not long in coming. From various media we learn about Joe Biden’s timid attempts to launch his idea of an India-Middle East-Europe trade route. Some faint resemblance to the Belt and Road. And ten years late. You could say that Joe Biden is trying to run after the Beijing train, but it is already clear that the chances of him catching up are extremely chimerical!”
The commentator also dwells on the ongoing “saga” with delicate relations between Washington and Beijing, which continued with the visit of China’s No. 1 diplomat Wang Yi to the American capital just days before the start of the ATIS high-level forum scheduled for mid-November. He recalls that in Washington, Wang Yi met with several high-ranking American politicians, citing the opinion of foreign observers, primarily related to Wang Yi’s conversation with the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
During the hour-long meeting between Joe Biden and Wang Yi, the US president emphasized that both the US and China must responsibly manage “competition in the relationship and maintain open lines of communication” as well as “work together to address global challenges”.
Here it is also worth recalling the recent letter of President Xi Jinping, read at the annual dinner of the New York-based National Committee on US-China Relations, (before the visit of the No. 1 diplomat of the PRC to the US) – says Gerasimov, emphasizing that in him, the Chinese leader points out that “the question of whether the US and China will find the right path of understanding is of key importance to the world.” In addition, Xi Jinping also called for more stable bilateral relations, which, according to him, should be based on the principles of “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win economic relations”.
Despite the diplomatically restrained vocabulary, evident in the aforementioned statements of President Xi and President Biden, there remains a trace of understatement and the presence of existing tensions between the two great powers. In any case, the personal meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden on the sidelines of the ATIS forum in San Francisco is another occasion for restrained optimism about the further development of China-US bilateral relations, Gerasimov points out.
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