China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the “path heading towards the San Francisco summit will not be a smooth one”, in a reference to an anticipated meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and United States President Joe Biden. Mr Wang encountered Mr Biden and his top aides in Washington in recent days, agreeing to collaborate together towards the anticipated bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit.
A flurry of bilateral diplomatic engagements in last months, mostly at the US’ appeal, has a goal at salvaging what were constantly worsening ties early in the year, following the US downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon. But in remarks on Saturday, Mr Wang cautioned the road to the summit would not be a smooth one and travelling there would not be on “autopilot”, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
He was saying after a conversation with members of the US strategic community in Washington, the ministry conveyed. In September, China’s top security agency adviced any Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco hinged on the US “revealing good enough sincerity”. Mr Wang said China and the US required to “go back to Bali”, referring to the latest meeting between Mr Biden and Mr Xi, on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit on the Indonesian resort island in November 2022, where they talked Taiwan, comparison and conversation.
Washington and Beijing must put into practice the consensus gained victory then, “eradicate involvement, overcome hurdles, enhance consensus and gather outcomes”, Mr Wang said. He said both sides have collaboratively sent out optimistic gestures to stabilise and polish rapports, believing it is helpful and required to maintain dialogue even as there are still a lot of discrepencies and contradictions, as well as issues to be resolved.’’