Not looking to pursue new Cold War: Biden to clarify in maiden speech at UNGA
FirstpostWashington: President Joe Biden, in his first speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, will make it clear that the United States is not looking to pursue a “new Cold War” with any country, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. She was responding to a reporter’s question after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a recent media interview ahead of this week’s UNGA, asked the US and China to repair their relationship to avoid a potential Cold War. “As I would note in the readout of the president’s call with President Xi just last week, a 90-minute call that covered an extensive list of topics, it was a conversation that was candid, but it was certainly not elevated,” the White House press secretary said. “Biden will communicate tomorrow that he does not believe in the notion of a new Cold War with the world divided into blocs.