The leaders shook hands and spoke at length for the first time since President Biden entered the White House.
The meeting took place in a hotel on the eve of the G20 summit of major economies, which will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Indonesian island of Bali.
A new Cold War is not necessary, Joe Biden said at the end of these talks aimed at preventing issues of tension between the major economic powers from turning into conflict.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the two countries Share topics that are more popular than the ones you oppose
According to the version of the meeting with the foreign minister after three years of tension without a face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
The world expects China and the United States to handle their relations properly
confirmed the Chinese leader.
Xi Jinping tried to reassure his counterpart by assuring him that China had no intention of replacing the United States or China Changing the current international system
.
Official visit in 2023
As a sign of relaxation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit China early next year, the first visit at this level since 2018. Climate cooperation, which was suspended last summer, will resume between the two largest emitters of carbon dioxide.
Over the past three years, the rivalry between the two countries has intensified as China has grown in strength and assertiveness, challenging American leadership and the geopolitical landscape since the end of World War II.
Beijing refuses to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February that inflamed tensions, but the White House has claimed to have secured Chinese assurances, sparking a consensus rejecting the use of nuclear weapons.
Joe Biden also urged Mr. Xi to encourage North Korea to show up responsible
.
On the bilateral level, the US President expressed his desire to do so worries
On respect for human rights in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong warned that the United States It will continue to provide strong competition
to China, but he felt it necessary Keep communication channels open
.
The two leaders, who have known each other since 2017, have spoken by phone or video five times since Joe Biden entered the White House, but never in person before this meeting in Bali.
This is the Chinese president’s second trip abroad since the start of the outbreak, following a visit to Central Asia in September.
Joe Biden, in particular, has sought to push Beijing to use its influence to moderate North Korea, which has just carried out a record series of missile launches, and appears to be preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear test in its history.
If Ukraine is not officially on the agenda of the G20 summit, the war started by Russia and its consequences for food and energy markets will be in the background of all conversations.
Xi Jinping will meet his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Tuesday, for the first time since 2017, which is seen as a sign of appeasement between Canberra and Beijing.
The Chinese leader also has a scheduled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, while new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to see him.
Putin is absent, and Zelensky is at a distance
The Russian president, represented by chief of diplomacy Sergei Lavrov, appears to be the main absentee from the meeting, which is taking place during the withdrawal of the Russian army in southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be able to argue his case directly, by speaking via videoconference.
At the very least, Joe Biden and his allies want to deliver a clear message from the summit to Vladimir Putin that nuclear conflict is unacceptable.
Despite Monday’s comments, any joint text is likely to be blocked by Russian opposition and Beijing’s refusal to deviate from the Russian position or appear to cede ground to Washington.
Pointing Series and isolation voltages
However, Emmanuel Macron confirmed that he is counting Complete
To talk to Vladimir Putin and that he will call him after the G20.
