US vice president stresses need for Beijing to cooperate with Washington and use its influence to contain North Korea’s provocations
US Vice President Kamala Harris had a brief meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bangkok this Saturday, less than a week after the latter’s meeting with President Joe Biden. The US administration’s number two endorsed the White House chief’s message that “we must keep the lines of communication open to responsibly manage competition between our countries,” an official said on condition of anonymity.
The vice president’s meeting with Xi took place as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum summit to be held in Bangkok. Biden, for his part, met with the Chinese president on the Indonesian island of Bali for three hours during the G20 summit, on which occasion he asked the ruler of the Asian giant to help contain its ally North Korea, which was released on Friday. launched a missile that Washington and Japanese authorities say could reach the mainland United States.
Chinese and US officials put a positive spin on their presidents’ meeting, stressing their hopes to prevent their recent tensions from spiraling out of control and discussing cooperation on areas such as climate change. For Xi, the Bangkok summit was his second international trip since the pandemic, and one of the most sought after by the G20 and APEC rulers.
Chinese state media quoted Xi on Saturday as saying his meeting with Biden was “strategic, constructive and has significant significance in guiding Sino-US relations into the next phase.” “The two sides are expected to further strengthen mutual understanding, reduce misunderstandings and misjudgments, and jointly promote the return of Sino-US relations to a healthy and stable track,” Xi added, according to state media.
Xi’s appointment with Biden and his brief meeting with Harris came ahead of a visit to China next year by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the first visit by a senior US diplomat since 2018.
China must use its influence to persuade North Korea “not to take this provocative direction that will only destabilize the region and the world,” the official said, referring to Pyongyang’s weapons program. Harris held emergency talks with the prime ministers of Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Friday about the latest missile launch by the Kim Jong-un regime.
Source: La Verdad
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