Telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, for the first time in seven months, to try to ensure that the “competition” between their two countries does not turn into “conflict,” he said. the White House. The two leaders, reads a note from the White House, had “a broad and strategic discussion” during which they talked about “the issues in which our interests converge and the issues in which our interests, values and perspectives diverge” . Biden and Xi, the statement continues, have decided to engage “in an open and direct way. This discussion, as President Biden made clear, was part of the ongoing US effort to responsibly manage competition between the US and the People’s Republic of China.
“President Biden – added the White House – underlined the lasting interest of the United States for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and in the world and the two leaders discussed the responsibility of both nations to guarantee that competition does not turn into conflict “.
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“Our two countries and the whole world would suffer in the event of a Sino-American confrontation,” added Xi Jinping according to Chinese public television CCTV. «The future and destiny of the world depend on the ability of China and the United States to manage their relations well. This is the question of the century, which our two countries will have to answer, ”added Xi, underlining that Washington’s hostility towards Beijing had caused“ serious difficulties ”in bilateral relations. This is the first telephone conversation between the two leaders since February, when Biden had just succeeded Donald Trump.