Washington and Beijing have yet to reach agreement on a number of key issues, including the Ukraine conflict and the fate of Taiwan. US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns announced this during a briefing for journalists. RIA News.
“We have not resolved our fundamental differences. They are still dealing with many issues. “This is still a very competitive, complex and contradictory relationship,” the diplomat said.
He emphasized that the United States and China have fundamentally different positions on the situation in the South China Sea. Moreover, according to the American ambassador, Washington and Beijing have different attitudes towards Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts.
Burns drew attention to the differences of opinion between the two countries, especially regarding the attacks of the Palestinian Hamas movement against the Jewish state. As he himself said, the PRC does not want to condemn such actions.
12 December UN General Assembly accepted According to the decision, an immediate ceasefire was requested in the Gaza Strip. Additionally, the World Organization called on members of the Hamas movement to release the hostages unconditionally.
Before this, the United States had amended the draft humanitarian document that proposed condemning the Palestinian movement’s attacks on Israel. However, the UN General Assembly denied adjust the resolution.
Former Prime Minister of Qatar statedHe said the Middle East conflict had exposed the gap between East and West.