{"id":120662,"date":"2023-10-29T08:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120662"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:19:45","slug":"biden-insists-he-doesnt-want-conflict-with-china-as-meeting-with-xi-on-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/biden-insists-he-doesnt-want-conflict-with-china-as-meeting-with-xi-on-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden insists he doesnt want conflict with China as meeting with Xi on table"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joe Biden has insisted he \u201cdoesn\u2019t want conflict\u201d with China as reports suggest both sides have agreed to a meeting between the US President and Xi Jinping next month.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden and his Chinese counterpart will meet on the sidelines of next month\u2019s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, according to one US official familiar with the planning.<\/p>\n

The two sides worked out an agreement in principle to hold a meeting during the summit as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Friday with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to the official, who was not authorised to comment and spoke on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The official said the two sides have still not worked out details on the exact day of the meeting, venue and other logistics.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden did not directly refer to the matter when speaking to reporters at White House yesterday as he hosted a visit from Australia\u2019s prime minister Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n

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However, while vowing to compete with China in \u201cevery way according to the international rules \u2013 economically, politically, in other ways\u201d, he stressed: \u201cI\u2019m not looking for conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House said in a statement after Friday’s meetings that the two sides were \u201cworking toward\u201d a Biden-Xi face-to-face on the sidelines of APEC, a forum of 21 Pacific countries.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Mr Biden met with Wang, holding an hour-long talk with the senior Chinese official in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.<\/p>\n

The meeting, with Mr Blinken and Mr Sullivan present, was the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the two countries as they explore the possibility of stabilising an increasingly tense relationship at a time of conflict in both Ukraine and Israel.<\/p>\n

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The White House said Biden \u201cemphasised that both the United States and China need to manage competition in the relationship responsibly and maintain open lines of communication,\u201d and he \u201cunderscored that the United States and China must work together to address global challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Mr Biden viewed his meeting with Wang as \u201ca positive development, and a good opportunity to keep the conversation going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Biden had been widely expected to talk with Wang, a reciprocal action after Xi met with Mr Blinken in June.<\/p>\n

Beijing has yet to confirm if Xi will travel to San Francisco for the annual APEC summit, which runs from November 11 to November 17.<\/p>\n

Wang is in the midst of a three-day visit to Washington, where he has met with top US officials. He sat down with Blinken on Friday morning for the second time during his trip.<\/p>\n