Biden meets Chinese FM, calls for cooperation on 'global challenges': White House

US President Joe Biden met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries seek to smooth ties ahead of a possible visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Both leaders have called for working together to address global challenges, on Friday, October 27. According to the White House's statement, Biden has emphasized that both the United States and China need to address "competition in the relationship responsibly and maintain open lines of communication." Further, he has "underscored that the United States and China must work together to address global challenges," reads the White House statement. Notably, the encounter with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the two countries. Both the US and China have been working to explore the possibility of stabilizing an increasingly tense relationship at a time of conflict in Ukraine and Israel. The meeting of the two, Biden and Wang, took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. According to the administration spokesman John Kirby, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan were also present.US and China relations: A way forwardWhile talking about the meeting, Kirby said that US President Biden has considered the meeting as "a positive development, and a good opportunity to keep the conversation going." The relationship between the two superpowers has been going through a rough patch. Wang has come to Washington at a time when tensions between the two countries remain high which includes US export controls on advanced technology and China's more assertive actions in the East and South China seas. Notably, Bejing has not yet confirmed if Xi will travel to San Francisco for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next month.Earlier, citing the impact of US-China relations on world peace and development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that Beijing is ready to work with Washington, to "properly manage differences", contribute to each other's progress and push for common prosperity, reported Chinese state media agency Xinhua. Further, Xi also remarked that China is willing to work with the US based on three principles of "mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation".

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Biden meets Chinese FM, calls for cooperation on 'global challenges': White House

US President Joe Biden met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries seek to smooth ties ahead of a possible visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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