Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are scheduled to hold talks with their Chinese counterparts on March 19 in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Biden administration once again indicated that the Quad (quadrilateral strategic dialogue between India, the US, Japan and Australia) is not a group about China and that the agenda for the first quad summit to be held on Friday is not China-centric. However, the US position of genocide against Uygar Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province will be raised by US President Joe Biden when he virtually meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshide Suga, according to the press. Secretary Jane Saki said in a press conference.
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In response to the question of whether Mr. Biden will discuss with Quad partners, they may meet with China to stop the genocide against Uygur Muslims, which the US government concludes, Ms. Pisaki said that the subject would be raised. Next week directly with the Chinese but “definitely this conversation tomorrow.”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are scheduled to hold talks with their Chinese counterparts on March 19 in Anchorage, Alaska.
It was also early to tell Ms. Psy that Friday’s quad agenda would be broader.
“But we expect the talks to be about a range of global issues tomorrow. It is not focused on China, ”she said.
“Of course China is a topic on the minds of many leaders and countries, but we hope that they will talk about the climate crisis, about economic cooperation, about addressing COVID… a series of issues and discussions and That is certainly the situation in the United States. What is happening is genocide and we will be looking for opportunities to work with other partners to put additional pressure on China, but we will increase it directly and it will be the subject of discussion next week, ”said Ms. Saki.
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The Biden administration felt it was important to have a meeting on US soil on March 19, Ms. Saka said. On concerns about the behavior of Chinese leadership in Taiwan, Mr. Blinken and Mr. Sullivan, recent efforts to bring democracy back to Hong Kong or concerns about economic relations, Ms. Sakaki said the issues she did not focus on “back” Will not done”.
“They will certainly raise those issues and the lack of transparency as it relates to the COVID-19 (and) human rights abuses,” she said. Mr. Blinken and Mr. Sullivan are also expected to cooperate with China and the United States.
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