US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan puts pressure on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Use during talks in Thailand China’s influence on Iran ease Middle East tensions. Officials also agreed to work towards coordinating phone calls between the two countries. president joe biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The meeting was held in Bangkok on Friday and Saturday. Presidential talks held in California in November It was held after the ruling party candidate, who was opposed by the Chinese government, won. Recent Taiwan presidential election and americans and chinese military personnel The dialogue, which had been frozen once, was resumed. These operations unfold as attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue to threaten Yemen. Global shipping on the Red Sea.
A senior U.S. official said Sullivan cited China’s extensive economic influence over Iran and stressed that the Houthi offensive is destabilizing international commerce. The official noted that China has publicly called for de-escalation, but said it was too early to tell whether China was using diplomatic power to pressure Iran on the issue. Ta. The official was not authorized to discuss private conversations between Sullivan and Wang and spoke on condition of anonymity.
China’s Foreign Ministry said Wang said the United States should support the deal. Pledge not to support Taiwanese independence. Mr. Wang said that the following people won Taiwan’s elections: Lai ChinteAccording to a statement from the ministry, the current vice president did not change China’s position that Taiwan is part of China and that the biggest challenge in U.S.-China relations is the issue of “Taiwan independence.”
Biden said he does not support But U.S. law requires a credible defense of Taiwan and the United States and requires that any threat to Taiwan be treated as a matter of “grave concern.”
U.S. officials said it was not clear when the next meeting between Biden and Xi would take place, but officials said they expected it to take place in the coming months.
Wang and Sullivan had previously met on the Mediterranean island nation. malta And then vienna This was before the meeting between Biden and Xi in California last year.
In November, the two countries unveiled a modest agreement to combat illegal fentanyl, re-establish military communications and prevent further deterioration of relations. The U.S.-China Drug Task Force is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Tuesday. U.S. officials say fentanyl and its precursors are primarily manufactured in China.
China claims autonomous Taiwan as its own territory and has expressed displeasure with political activity there in recent years. dispatch military aircraft And a ship. Earlier on Saturday, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said that China: dispatched more than 30 fighter jets A group of naval ships, including 13 fighter jets, took 24 hours to cross the midline of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial demarcation line considered a buffer zone between the territory and the mainland.
Wang also said that China and the United States should take this year’s 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations to reflect on their past experiences and treat each other equally instead of looking down on each other.
The statement reportedly said that the two countries should “commit to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and establish a correct way of exchange between China and the United States.”
Taiwan said 6 Chinese balloons Days after the self-governing island held elections, it flew over the island or passed through its airspace just north of the island. Mr. Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party campaigned primarily on the platform of national self-determination, social justice, and rejection of the Chinese threat.
In addition to cross-strait issues, Sullivan and Wang also discussed Russia’s war with Ukraine, the Middle East, North Korea, the South China Sea and Myanmar, according to the White House. Sullivan and Wang spoke about progress toward holding a dialogue this spring between U.S. and Chinese officials on artificial intelligence.
According to a summary of the meeting from the White House, Sullivan stressed that although the U.S. and China have a competitive relationship, both sides need to “avoid falling into conflict or conflict.”
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Mr. Leung reported from Hong Kong and Mr. Miller from Washington.