137 minutes of conversation in 4 months of communication… China says Biden does not support Taiwan independence
In a phone call with US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned about the Taiwan issue with harsh words: “If you play with fire, you will burn to death.”
It is believed that the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw a strong check against the situation when it was known that the visit to Taiwan was being pursued.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the 29th, Xi said in a phone call with President Biden that lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes the previous day, “We resolutely oppose Taiwan’s independence, division, and interference from outside forces, and we will not leave any form of space for any form of Taiwanese independence forces. not,” he said.
“It is the unwavering will of the 1.4 billion Chinese people to resolutely safeguard China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Xi said.
At the video summit held with President Biden in November last year, Xi said the same “playing with fire… ‘ I wrote the expression.
Xi also said, “I want the US side to make this point clear,” he said. he emphasized.
In response, President Biden said the United States did not change its one-China policy and that the United States did not support Taiwan’s independence, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reported.
“To look at and define Sino-US relations from the perspective of strategic competition and view China as the main enemy and the most serious long-term challenge is a misjudgment of Sino-US relations and a misreading of China’s development,” Xi said. We need to maintain communication and make good use of the current communication channels to promote bilateral cooperation,” he said.
“The current global economic situation is full of challenges,” Xi said. must be maintained,” he said.
“Decoupling and disconnecting networks while breaking the rules will not help the US economy either, and will make the global economy more vulnerable,” he said.
This is interpreted as a check against the US trying to form a semiconductor supply chain alliance ‘Chip 4’ by encouraging the participation of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
President Biden said, “The world is at a critical time right now.”
The U.S. side hopes to facilitate dialogue with the Chinese side, promote mutual understanding, avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments, pursue cooperation in areas of common interest, and appropriately manage and control differences, he said. said
The two leaders also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis, and Xi reiterated China’s principled position, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained.
The two leaders evaluated that the call, which took place after about four months, was honest and profound.
The two sides agreed to maintain contact in the future, and to that end, they agreed to continue communication and cooperation between the two working-level officials, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
China’s foreign ministry said the call was made at the request of the US.
/yunhap news