Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President of the United States for Homeland Security, said in an interview with the TV channel: CNNWashington does not see conflict or cold war with China as inevitable.
According to him, the US and China are trying to “prevent competition from turning into conflict”.
“One of the key elements is that we support intense diplomacy alongside intense competition,” Sullivan said.
In this context, the deputy of the American leader noted that he met with the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee (CC) on May 10-11. Wang Yi, Head of the Politburo of the CCP Central Committee.
He said Washington officials expect “this work will continue in the coming months and that senior US officials will interact with their Chinese counterparts”. Sullivan also expressed hope that these contacts will facilitate the meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We are confident that it is impossible to talk about the inevitability of a conflict or a cold war between the United States and China,” he said.
Earlier, Politico wrote that the US is trying to persuade the world to go to war with China. mistake.
Before that, Chinese Premier Li Qiang declarationThat the US and China should cooperate rather than try to deter a competitor.