After the lengthy meeting that brought together US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, before the G20 summit in the Indonesian Bali, a US State Department spokesman confirmed today, Tuesday, that his country does not want to turn the competition with Beijing into a conflict.
The spokesman Samuel and Raburg told Arabic/the event that Washington is keen on relations with China.
He also stressed that the Taiwan file is not a reason for the tension of relations between the two countries. He explained that the American president does not see a substitute for diplomacy with the Chinese authorities.
To that he added that Biden and Shi researched yesterday, several global crises, such as climate change, debt and others. He revealed that Foreign Minister Anthony Blinkne will visit China soon to complete the talks.
It is noteworthy that the Chinese president confirmed yesterday to his American counterpart that the world was “great enough” to the prosperity of their countries, but Washington warned against overcoming the red lines in relation to the Taiwan file, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
He also considered that the two countries share many common interests, stressing that Beijing does not seek to challenge the United States or “change the existing international system.
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But Shi warned Biden against overcoming what his country sees “a red line” in relation to Taiwan, which it considers an integral part of its lands. He stressed that “the issue of the island is at the heart of the basic interests of China, a basis for Chinese -American political relations, and the first red line that should not be overcome. ”
He also considered that “the solution to this issue is a matter of the Chinese.
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It is noteworthy that the relations between the two countries have witnessed over the past months an increase in the level of tension against the background of several files, including economic competition, not to mention the conflict in the Chinese Sea, and Beijing alliance with Moscow, in addition to the human rights file and minorities, as well as the sensitive Taiwan file Very for China..
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