WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) – After the end of the annual session of the People’s Congress in China, the US government expects talks between the presidents of both countries soon. US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, said on Monday that after the conference had ended and various leadership positions had been filled, talks between US President Joe Biden and China’s head of state Xi were expected “sometime in the near future”. Jinping. “I can’t give you a date because no date is set,” Sullivan told reporters. However, Biden has signaled that he is ready for a phone call with Xi as soon as the Chinese leadership has completed the session of the People’s Congress.
China’s leadership held the annual session of the People’s Congress in Beijing for nine days. The nearly 3,000 delegates there endowed Xi with much additional power. The Chinese leader also struck unusually harsh terms against the US, accusing the United States and the West at large of trying to prevent China’s rise in the world. Xi spoke of a “comprehensive containment, encirclement and suppression of China”.
US-China relations in general are severely strained over a slew of contentious issues. Biden’s government sees China as the greatest geopolitical challenge.
Public warnings from the United States that China could possibly supply Russia with weapons that could be used in the war against Ukraine had made Beijing angry. Sullivan said on Monday that so far no such arms shipments have been seen. “But this is something we are vigilant about and will continue to follow closely.”/jac/DP/jha