President Xi sets date for US visit
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PRESIDENT Xi Jinping will make his first state visit as president to the United States in September, underlining the positive momentum in the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
Xi accepted US President Barack Obama’s invitation to visit in a telephone call between the two yesterday.
During the call, Xi and Obama discussed several issues, including the assistance provided by China to West African nations battling the Ebola virus and the prospects for a China-US investment treaty.
Xi said he supported broader cooperation on the economy and trade, energy and the environment, infrastructure, the military, law enforcement and the expansion of people-to-people exchanges, so as to consolidate China-US ties.
The two nations should also speed up talks on a bilateral investment treaty to foster new bright spots in trade and investment, while the US should ease its restrictions on the export of high-tech products to China and take action to facilitate Chinese investment in the United States, Xi said.
On issues such as climate change, global development and world health security, the two countries should enhance communication and coordination, he said.
Xi also said both sides should respect and accommodate each other’s core interests and major concerns and expressed the hope that Washington takes seriously China’s concerns in relation to Taiwan and Tibet.
Obama reinforced his commitment to a US-China investment treaty and reiterated his belief that China’s success is in America’s interests.
The US is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in such fields as trade, regional and global challenges, and controlling differences, he said.
The US is keen to increase coordination with China and to accommodate the concerns of both sides to work for a bilateral investment treaty, Obama said.
He also expressed the hope that the two countries can enhance communication and cooperation on climate change so as to secure a positive outcome at a major climate summit in Paris in December.
Meanwhile, the two leaders exchanged views on regional and international issues like the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism, cyber security, Iran’s nuclear issue and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, promising to increase coordination and cooperation to help resolve issues concerning global security and stability.
Obama visited China in November for the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum during which he held a separate day of meetings with Xi.
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