US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed on the principle of a face-to-face meeting on Thursday during a phone conversation lasting more than two hours, a US official told reporters.
They “discussed the importance of a one-on-one discussion and agreed that their teams should strive to find a mutually acceptable time to do so,” said the official who requested the meeting on condition of anonymity. The two leaders did not discuss any changes to the tariffs imposed by the United States on China, according to the same source.
The US president told his Chinese counterpart that the US position on Taiwan “has not changed”, according to the White House, while the possibility of a visit to the island by the leader of the US congressmen, Nancy Pelosi, has reignited tensions. between the two countries.
Joe Biden added that “the United States firmly opposes unilateral efforts to change the state or threaten peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” the US executive said in a statement issued after a telephone conversation of more than two hours. between the two men.
Source: BFM TV
