China's Foreign Minister says Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco would not be 'smooth-sailing'
The HinduChina’s Foreign Minister considers that the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden would not be "smooth-sailing” and that both sides must work together to achieve results, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Mr. Wang's three-day visit to Washington came at a time when tensions between the two countries remain high, including over U.S. export controls on advanced technology and China’s more assertive actions in the East and South China seas. According to the Foreign Ministry statement, Mr. Wang also said that China and the U.S. needed a “return to Bali,” in a reference to Mr. Xi and Mr. Biden’s previous meeting at a G-20 summit last year, where both officials discussed issues relating to Taiwan, U.S.-China trade tensions as well as cooperation to address issues like climate change, health and food security. Mr. Wang said that the two countries must “eliminate interference, overcome obstacles, enhance consensus and accumulate results.” Other issues discussed between Mr. Wang and Mr. Biden included military exchanges between the U.S. and China, as well as financial, technological and cultural exchanges and cooperation, as well as the crises in West Asia and Ukraine.