BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden in his first face-to-face meeting since 2017 that the Taiwan issue is at the center of China’s main interests and is the “first red line” that should be in bilateral relations. should not be passed.
At a meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali for the first time between the two leaders since Biden became president, Xi urged the US leader to translate US commitments to Beijing on Taiwan into concrete action.
“The Taiwan issue is at the center of China’s fundamental interests, the basis of the political foundation of China-US relations, and the first red line that must not be crossed in China-US relations,” Xi said in a statement released in Taiwan. jobs agency Xinhua news.
Beijing considers Taiwan an integral part of China. The self-governing island’s democratically elected government has denied Beijing’s claims of sovereignty over the island, while the US has been frequently accused by China of promoting Taiwan’s independence in recent years.
(reported by Eduardo Baptista)
source: Noticias
