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White House plans another call between Joe Biden, Xi Jinping

Washington and Beijing are working on arranging another call between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said Saturday. The two sides are pursuing "additional high-level diplomacy," the White House statement said, "including through a call between President Biden and President Xi." The development comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held candid talks in Bangkok aimed at keeping in contact, both sides said, with Wang stressing that "Taiwan independence" posed the biggest risk to Sino-U.S. ties. Wang and Sullivan agreed to properly handle important and sensitive issues in U.S.-China relations, China's foreign ministry said, and for Xi and Biden to "maintain regular contact to provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations. Wang, according to a foreign ministry statement, told Sullivan the two countries should treat each other as equals and respect their core interests, rather than undermine them, and "build mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation" to establish the "correct way for China and the United States to get along".

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