Joe Biden will meet with Xi Jinping in San Francisco

President of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next week in San Francisco with the goal “stabilize” the relationship between the two countries, as confirmed by two White House officials.

The meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, November 15 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, marks the first meeting between the two leaders on American soil and the second since Biden took office in 2021.

“We are competing with China, but we are not looking for a conflictconflict or a new cold war”, said one of the officials who wished to remain anonymous in a conversation with journalists.

Biden is expected to discuss the future of relations between the two countries with Xi, emphasizing “keeping open” lines of communication and expanding them to areas other than diplomacy, such as the military and intelligence services, according to officials. .

Furthermore, they assured that The leaders will address the issues of the Asia-Pacific region, the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip, as well as broader issues such as the climate crisis and the fight against narcotics.

The US president will touch on more difficult issues, where both countries “have differences” such as “human rights, trade issues, the South China Sea and the fair treatment of American companies and companies,” the officials explained to reporters.

Biden will express yes Xi his “concern” about the rapprochement between North Korea and Russiaamid US complaints about a possible arms deal between the two countries.

“China remains an important sponsor” of Pyongyang, one of the officials emphasized, and the US president will reiterate to Xi that he is ready for diplomatic rapprochement with North Korea.

The president will also ask his Chinese counterpart to convey a message to Iran that the US will be “ready to respond” to any action that “escalates or spreads” violence in the Middle East.

As for Taiwan, other points on which The US and China maintain strong disagreementsthe democratic leader will reiterate his support for the territory and his concern about increased military activity in the region.

“These are unprecedented actions that are dangerous (…) and that undermine peace and stability,” said another official.