Top Chinese, US officials may meet for the first high-level talks with the new administration in Alaska next week
China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing expected the first summit of Quad Framework leaders — India, Australia, Japan and the US — on Friday to “adapt” to regional peace and stability “instead”.
On Wednesday, following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at his annual press conference on March 7, China said that after four turbulent years, under the Biden administration “to explore cooperation with the US” And was “open-minded to deepen” and hopes “the US will move in the same direction and remove all its undue restrictions on bilateral cooperation as soon as possible, creating no obstacle”.
Without mentioning the Quad, Mr. Wang called it “building small circles in the name of multilateralism”, which was “really ‘group politics’.” He said, “Multilateralism, with its own interests, is still unilateral thinking.” “” Selective multilateralism is not the right choice. “
Friday’s virtual summit will include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
When asked about the summit, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that China believes that any regional cooperation architecture should follow the principle of peaceful development and win-win cooperation, which is the current one of the time. Is the trend. “We hope that the countries concerned will take into account the common interests of regional countries, uphold the principles of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, and do things that are conducive to regional peace stability and prosperity, rather than vice versa. ” They said.
High level meeting
Meanwhile, the US and China are preparing for the highest level face-to-face official meeting after the US election, stating that the report could take place early next week. Mr. Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for two hours on February 11, and a Chinese delegation was led by the top foreign policy officer, Yang Jiechi, who is a member of the Politburo and director of the Central Committee on Foreign Affairs Commission. Can. , Alaska South China Morning Post Reported. He may be accompanied by Foreign Minister Mr. Wang and meet with his counterparts, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The report mentioned the selection of two top Chinese officials for the meeting as “Beijing will reflect the importance given by Beijing to rebuilding Sino-US relations” and the meeting in Alaska as “geographic half-point for both sides” from the global. Will be away Dazzle of media ”.
On the report that the four quad countries were exploring coordination in their supply of vaccines to countries in the region, Mr Zhao, a foreign ministry spokesman, said that China is “a firm advocate of equitable vaccine delivery”. “We have joined COAX [the World Health Organization-backed global initiative] Under which China has delivered an initial 10 million doses for emergency use in developing countries. “So far, China has donated COVID-19 vaccines to 69 developing countries or is in urgent need and is exporting vaccines to 43 countries… There are now many vaccines available worldwide. It is up to each country to decide … ”
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