U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a summit meeting in San Francisco on the 15th (local time). A senior official in the U.S. Joe Biden administration announced on the 9th that the two leaders will meet in San Francisco, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit (11-17) will be held.
This is the first face-to-face summit between President Biden and President Xi in one year since the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia in November last year. President Xi’s visit to the United States is the first in six years since his summit with then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017.
A senior Biden administration official said in a briefing that day, “We are not pursuing a new Cold War, but competing with China,” and “We will manage the U.S.-China rivalry responsibly.” The intention is to seek to stabilize relations so that the United States and China can compete and adapt to each other, rather than competing for global hegemony.
The official continued, “We expect the two leaders to discuss the importance of maintaining open communication channels, including military, and the strategic direction of U.S.-China relations,” adding, “All controversial agendas will be on the table.”
In addition to bilateral relations such as security in the Indo-Pacific region, such as the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea issues, and management of supply chains for advanced technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), global issues such as the war in Ukraine and the Middle East, and a wide range of agendas such as climate, health, drugs, and human rights are addressed. .
In particular, this official said, “There will be dialogue regarding the close relationship between North Korea and Russia,” and “We will convey to China America’s concerns about situations such as North Korea’s provision of weapons to Russia,” implying that the North Korean issue will also be on the agenda. .
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Source: Donga
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