– I have just finished a day of meetings with President Xi, and I think these were some of the most constructive and productive discussions we have had, writes President Joe Biden on X. Biden and Xi are said to have discussed several topics during their four-hour meeting meeting in San Francisco on Wednesday. They ended it all with a walk. At a press conference late Wednesday evening (local time), Biden informed that the United States and China have agreed to resume direct military contact, and that they will continue diplomatic cooperation. – We agreed to resume direct contact between our military forces, said Biden. The Chinese president took to the podium shortly afterwards. – China is ready to be both partner and friend with America. There is certainly room for bilateral cooperation between the countries, emphasizes Jinping. This is written by the Reuters news agency. US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping take a walk after the four-hour meeting in San Francisco. Photo: Doug Mills / AP Talking about Taiwan, Biden also emphasized the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait and asked China not to interfere in the upcoming election on the island where, among other things, a new president will be chosen. According to Chinese state media, Xi is said to have called on the US to stop giving arms to Taiwan, and instead support China’s peaceful “reunification”. Xi emphasizes that he hopes China and the US can be “partners, respect each other and coexist peacefully”. China and Taiwan have been separated since 1949 when the Communists won the Chinese Civil War and took power on the mainland. The defeated Nationalists sought refuge on the island of Taiwan. China considers the island part of its territory. The UN, Norway and the vast majority of the world’s countries relate to this “one China principle”. Biden says that during the meeting with Xi, he repeated that the United States upholds this principle. Dictator At the press conference, Biden was asked if he would still refer to Xi as a dictator. – Well, he is a dictator in the sense that he rules a country that is communist, based on a form of government that is completely different from ours, Biden replied. Biden called China’s president a dictator in June, one day after US Secretary of State Blinken had met Xi on a trip that was supposed to improve relations between the two countries.
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