"Biden and Xi Jinping to Hold Summit Next Month"… US "Cooperating for Successful Talks" (Update)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to hold a summit next month, foreign media reported on the 27th (local time). The two leaders are likely to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in San Francisco, USA, in mid-next month.

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The White House stated on the 27th (local time) in the briefing materials from the meeting between National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Foreign Minister, that "both sides reaffirmed their desire to maintain this strategic communication channel and to further promote high-level diplomacy, including cooperating for a meeting between President Biden and President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November."

A senior Biden administration official also said at a briefing that day that both sides "agreed to cooperate to make the summit happen," adding, "We are preparing for such a meeting."

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced in a separate statement that President Biden will depart for San Francisco on the 14th of next month to attend the APEC summit.

The White House said that Sullivan and Wang had frank, constructive, and substantive talks on major bilateral issues between the U.S. and China, the Israel-Hamas conflict, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and cross-Strait issues.

Sullivan expressed concerns about China's dangerous and illegal actions in the South China Sea and raised the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Meanwhile, before the approximately three-hour meeting with Sullivan, Wang held talks for over six hours with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the previous day and that morning. A senior official said that Secretary Blinken and Wang agreed "on the importance of keeping communication channels open on all ranges of issues."

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