(Seoul = Yonhap News) The leaders of the United States and China, who had been in talks for the first time in four months, turned around with only a sparking war of words over the Taiwan issue.
Since the inauguration of President Joe Biden, they have met five times in total, but each time, only conflicts are exposed, and only ruptures are repeated over current issues such as the Taiwan issue.
President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a two-hour and 17-minute phone conversation from 8:33 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. EST on the 28th (local time).
The call came at a time when China strongly opposed the consideration of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, suspicions from the West, including the United States, have grown over the close relationship between China and Russia.
As the high level of ‘check-in once morest China’ has continued since the Biden administration took office, it is true that the expectation that this call, which took place without a special occasion, would provide a turning point in the conflicting relationship between the two leaders was not high. It is.
In fact, in a posthumous press release, the White House reaffirmed its position on the cross-strait relationship, saying, “The United States strongly opposes any attempt to unilaterally change the current status or to undermine the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.”
Xi also reportedly reiterated his hardline policy on the Taiwan issue, saying, “We resolutely oppose Taiwan’s independence, division and interference from outside forces, and will not leave any form of space for any form of Taiwanese independence force.”
The two sides made an official assessment that it was a frank and serious conversation, but ahead of Chairman Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, President Xi warned with a harsh expression of ‘playing with fire’, and the call itself seems to have been conducted in a rather harsh atmosphere.
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