Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – February 11, 2021 – International News
US President Joseph Biden on Wednesday, February 10, had his first telephone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke today (February 10) with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The President conveyed congratulations and good wishes to the Chinese people on the occasion of the New Year on the lunar calendar, “the statement reads.
According to the White House, Biden reaffirmed his priorities for protecting the security, health, and prosperity of the American people, and preserving the free and open Indo-Pacific region.
“Biden also highlighted his “fundamental concernsabout Beijing’s economic practices, the repression in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly aggressive actions in the region, including against Taiwan.
The two leaders also exchanged views on countering the COVID-19 pandemic and on common global security issues in health, climate change, and non-proliferation.
According to Xinhua, during a conversation with the US president, Xi Jinping “called cooperation the only right choice for the parties, and the confrontation a catastrophe for both the two countries and the world.”
Xi Jinping stressed that Sino-US relations are currently experiencing an important moment. Promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations is a common hope of the peoples of the two countries and the international community. Citing Biden’s words that the main feature of the United States is the availability of opportunities, Xi Jinping expressed hope that now such an opportunity is to improve bilateral relations. He called on both countries to make joint efforts, adhere to the spirit of mutual respect, mutually beneficial cooperation and the absence of conflicts and confrontation, focus on cooperation, control differences, and promote the further healthy and stable development of their relations writes Chinese Xinhua.
According to him, the foreign ministries of China and the United States can deepen communication on a wide range of issues of bilateral relations, as well as on important international and regional affairs. He also suggested establishing closer contacts between the economic, financial, and law enforcement agencies, as well as the armies of the two countries.
The Chinese President noted that China and the United States must resume the work of various dialogue mechanisms in order to clearly understand each other’s political intentions and avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations.
“The issues concerning Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang are China’s internal affairs and affect its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States must respect China’s fundamental interests and act with caution,” Xi Jinping said.
Speaking about Biden’s policy towards China, it should be noted that the current US president said in his first speech that the current US government considers China to be the main competitor of the United States.
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