US President Joe Biden said it was a “pleasure and an honor” for him to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. transmits November 15 RIA Novosti. Biden noted that he does not always agree with him in his assessments, but called their communication “open and honest.”
Negotiations between two leaders go to the estate Filoli near San Francisco. US intelligence agencies have introduced increased security measures around the meeting place between Biden and Xi Jinping. The road is blocked 10 kilometers from the estate.
The US President also said that Washington and Beijing must ensure that their rivalry does not lead to conflict.
“We need to make sure that competition does not lead to conflict and that we organize competition responsibly,” Biden said.
Let us recall that contacts between the United States and China were virtually frozen after last year’s visit of then-Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory. Beijing then suspended contacts with the United States in almost all areas.
Fontanka wrote that the negotiations between Xi Jinping and Biden were the first meeting of heads of state in a year – the last time the leaders spoke was in November 2022, the meeting took place on the island of Bali. According to The New York Times citing a White House statement, a “wide-ranging” meeting is planned.
In its turn Reuters writes that Biden wants to address issues of relations between China and Taiwan, Russia’s ties with North Korea, military operations in Ukraine and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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2023-11-15 19:56:19
