White House spokesman Karine Jean-Pierre, On Tuesday, he confirmed that US president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a meeting in November. SanFrancisco, a meeting he hoped would be “constructive”.
Although Jean-Pierre did not elaborate on this, this meeting could be held in the margins of the meeting. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) will be held in this city in mid-November.
Biden stated that he was “looking forward to meeting President Xi” and said: “A constructive meeting. The spokesman, who did not want to give further details about the historic meeting, added: “The President is looking forward to it.”
This confirmation follows a speech by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Chinese Foreign Minister last week. Wang YiThey met in Washington to direct relations between both powers and to prepare for a possible meeting.
Jean-Pierre stated that the meeting between both leaders will be as follows: “Difficult but important” and this will happen within a framework where the policy with China remains “unchanged”: this means “intense competition”, that is, “intensive diplomacy”.
Biden surprised Minister Wang Yi at the White House on the 27th. highest level meeting The President’s incident with a Chinese official last year.
meeting, which It was not on Biden’s agenda It was a replica of the surprise Blinken gave the Chinese president during his visit to Beijing last June.
Washington has been trying to mend things with Beijing for months; This is now a need. It’s becoming more urgent Before the war broke out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The United States in particular wants China to use its power. Impact on Iran To deter Persia from going to war and prevent a regional conflict.
Biden and Xi last saw each other in November last year. Bali G20 (Indonesia) agreed to maintain regular contacts after years of deterioration in bilateral relations due to the trade war between the two countries, the situation in Taiwan or military activities in the South China Sea.
But those efforts were dynamited last February. Washington blamed Beijing Allegation that China sent a spy balloon into US airspace.
Relations did not begin to improve until Blinken’s visit to Beijing in June; This was followed by visits from other US officials, such as the Secretary of the Treasury. Janet Yellen.
Xi’s last visit to the United States was in April 2017. When he met with then-President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in Florida.