2024-04-03 11:01:42
US President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where they exchanged views frankly and in-depth on Chinese-American relations and issues of common concern, according to what Xinhua reported.
According to the agency, “the two presidents held a frank and constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues, including areas of potential cooperation and controversial issues. The two presidents also exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.”
The two sides agreed to “stay in touch,” and assigned their teams to implement the San Francisco Vision, including strengthening consultation mechanisms on diplomatic, economic, financial, trade, and other issues, in addition to military communications, and conducting dialogue and cooperation in areas such as drug control, artificial intelligence, and climate response, and taking more Steps to expand people-to-people exchanges and enhance communications on international and regional issues.”
According to the agency, President Xi noted, “The San Francisco meeting with President Biden last November opened San Francisco’s future-oriented vision, and during the past months, officials from both sides acted on the presidential understandings in earnest, and Sino-American relations began to stabilize.” .
President Xi explained, “China’s position on issues related to Hong Kong, human rights, the South China Sea and other issues.”
According to the agency, President Xi pointed out that “two major countries like China and the United States should not sever their relations with each other or turn their backs on each other, let alone slide into conflict or confrontation,” adding: “The two countries must respect each other and coexist in peace.” And strive to achieve win-win cooperation.”
The Chinese President stressed that “relations must continue to move forward in a stable, sound and sustainable way, instead of going backwards.”
Xi also stressed “three comprehensive principles that should guide Sino-US relations in 2024. First, peace must be valued. The two sides should lay down the ground of non-conflict and non-confrontation under relations, and continue to enhance the positive outlook for the relationship.”
As for the second principle, according to the Chinese President, “priority must be given to stability, and both sides must refrain from taking relations backwards, provoking any incident, or crossing the line, in order to maintain the overall stability of relations, and thirdly, credibility must be adhered to,” noting that… “The two sides must respect their commitments to each other through work.”
He added, “The two sides need to enhance dialogue by committing to mutual respect, managing differences wisely, advancing cooperation in the spirit of mutual benefit, and enhancing coordination in international affairs in a responsible manner.”
The Chinese President also stressed that “the Taiwan issue is the first red line that must not be crossed in Sino-American relations,” and said: “China will not stand idly by in the face of separatist activities seeking so-called “Taiwan independence” and external encouragement and support for them.”
The Chinese President urged, “The American side to translate President Biden’s commitment not to support so-called ‘Taiwan independence’ into concrete measures.”
“The US side has adopted a series of measures to suppress China’s trade and technological development, and is also adding more and more Chinese entities to its sanctions lists,” Xi noted.
He added, “If the American side is willing to seek mutually beneficial cooperation and share in the dividends of Chinese development, it will always find China’s door open; “But if he is determined to contain China’s high-tech development and deprive China of its legitimate right to development, China will not sit back and watch.”
In turn, President Biden pointed out that “US-Chinese relations are the most important in the world, and the progress achieved by relations since the San Francisco meeting shows the ability of the two sides to enhance cooperation while managing differences responsibly.”
President Biden stressed that “the United States does not seek a new Cold War, that its goal is not to change the Chinese regime, that its alliances do not target China, that the United States does not support what is called “Taiwan independence,” and that the United States does not seek a conflict with China.” .
He added: “The United States is committed to the one-China policy, and it is in the world’s interest for China to succeed. The United States does not want to limit China’s development, and does not seek to “disengage” from China.”
He said: “The United States will send Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit China soon to enhance dialogue and communication, avoid miscalculations, and enhance cooperation, in order to advance relations on a stable path and jointly respond to global challenges.”
The US President also informed his Chinese counterpart that the United States wants to change the ownership of the TikTok platform.
It is noteworthy that this conversation is the first since their direct meeting in California last November.
Last updated: April 3, 2024 – 10:30
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