Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in the United States for the first time in six years. He will meet US President Joe Biden in San Francisco.
Reuters reports that the Chinese leader arrived by Air China. After the official welcome, the Beijing delegation met with US officials: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns.
Xi Jinping in the US
The main points of Xi Jinping’s visit to the US will include a meeting with Joe Biden, during which the US president will seek to ease relations between the two countries, as well as the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
The Financial Times reported that both politicians are trying to stabilize relations against the backdrop of Chinese military activity near Taiwan and US efforts to prevent Beijing from accessing the latest US technologies.
In turn, ‘Voice of America’ writes that China could play a role in supporting Ukraine and helping end the war with Russia.
– The conversation has not yet taken place and I do not want to jump to conclusions. I think they will certainly talk about what is happening in Ukraine, and the president will make it clear that we will continue to support Ukraine against Russian aggression, said John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, when asked about the key issues . that is discussed during the leadership meeting.
US relations with China
In late October, Bloomberg noted that despite rising global tensions over the war between Hamas and Israel, relations between the United States and China were “beginning to warm up.”
The media noted that the teams of Biden and Xi Jinping officials took the first steps towards improving relations as early as June: government representatives held a number of fruitful meetings that gave hope for some optimism about cooperation between Washington and Beijing.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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