US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in New Delhi on Friday. More than five and a half days long, Blinken described the meeting as “extensive and constructive” with China’s foreign secretary Wang Yi.
President Xi told Blinken that the country’s two biggest economies may be “partners, not adversaries”, adding that” There are still a number of issues that need to be resolved, and there is still room for additional work”.
Xi added that he hopes the United States may take a “positive perspective” of his country’s development.
Relations between China’s two largest economy were “beginning to stabilise,” according to Wang Yi, who spoke to Blinken at the Diaoyutai state hotel in the city’s historic flowers. This was particularly true after Biden and President Xi Jinping met in November near San Francisco.
” But at the same time, the negative aspects in the marriage are still increasing and building”, Wang said.
Saying that China “advocated respect for each other’s key interests”, he demanded that the United States not” tread on China’s red series” on independence, stability and growth.
” China’s genuine development rights have been unnecessarily suppressed and our primary interests are facing problems”, he said.
As he began discussions with Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, Blinken expressed his hope for a fruitful conversation.
As he opened the meeting with Wang, Blinken said he would be “very clear, very direct”, but added,” I hope we make some progress on the issues our presidents agreed” on at the California summit.
Blinken claimed that the United States and China needed to demonstrate that they are “managing the most important relationship, in my opinion, for both of us in the world.”
The two countries should be as” clear as possible about the areas where we have differences– at the very least to avoid misunderstandings, to avoid miscalculations”, Blinken said.
