Xi stresses cooperation in Lima talks with Biden
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President Xi Jinping met with his United States counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru.
Noting that he was pleased to meet Biden again, Xi said China-US relations over the past four years have gone through ups and downs, but under their joint stewardship, the two sides have also been engaged in fruitful dialogue and cooperation and their relationship has remained stable on the whole.
He noted that the trajectory of China-US relations has proved the validity of these experiences and inspirations from the past 45 years of diplomatic ties.
When the two countries treat each other as partner and friend, seek common ground while shelving differences, their relationship would make considerable progress. But if they take each other as rival or adversary, pursue vicious competition and seek to hurt each other, they would roil the relationship or even set it back, he added.
Noting that humanity is faced with unprecedented challenges in this turbulent world suffering from frequent conflicts where old problems are compounded by new ones, Xi said major-country competition should not be the underlying logic of the times; only solidarity and cooperation can help humanity overcome current difficulties.
In an age of a new round of flourishing sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation, neither decoupling nor supply-chain disruption is the solution; only mutually beneficial cooperation can lead to common development, said Xi, noting that a big country should not pursue “small yard, high fences”; only openness and sharing can advance the well-being of humanity.
As two major countries, China and the US should bear in mind the interests of the whole world, and inject more certainty and positive energy into the turbulent world.
Xi underscored his consistent belief that a stable China-US relationship, which is the world’s most important, is critical not only to the interests of the Chinese and American peoples but also to the future and destiny of the entire humanity.
Xi noted the recent US election, and stressed that China’s goal of a stable, healthy and sustainable bilateral relationship remains unchanged.
He said that China’s commitment to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation as principles for handling China-US relations remains unchanged.
China’s position of resolutely safeguarding its sovereignty, security and development interests remains unchanged, and its desire to carry forward the traditional friendship between the Chinese and American peoples remains unchanged, he added.
In his remarks, Biden said that the US does not seek a new Cold War nor does it want to change China’s system and its alliances are not targeted against China.
The US also does not support “Taiwan independence,” does not seek conflict with China and does not see its Taiwan policy as a way to compete with China, he added.
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