U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will have a virtual meeting on Monday evening, the White House blazoned. The meeting, their first after Mr Biden took office, has been in the making for a while.
Following their September 9 phone call, the two leaders will bandy ways to responsibly manage the competition between the United States and the PRC, as well as ways to work together where our interests align,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said via a statement.
Throughout, President Biden will make clearU.S. intentions and precedences and be clear and candid about our enterprises with the PRC,”Ms. Psaki said.
Mr Biden had requested a face to face meeting during their September call, as per reports at the time. Last month, the two sides had agreed to a virtual peak by the end of this time, whenU.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese top diplomat and politburo member Yang Jiechi in Zurich.
Before this time, while outlining its public security precedences, the Biden administration had said China was the “ only contender” able of “ mounting a sustained challenge to a stable and open transnational system.”
It has also articulated a policy of cooperating with Beijing where necessary ( similar as in climate action) and contending when demanded. The two countries have continued to have a simulated relationship – with China’s growing fierceness in the Indo Pacific, trade, conduct during the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic and, more lately, nuclear munitions, being crucial enterprises for theU.S.
Mr Biden and Mr Xi could also conceivably bandy easing visa programs for each other’s intelligencers and there-opening of their consulates in Houston and Chengdu, Reuters reported.
