Xi Jinping told Antony Blinken

Beijing:

China is willing to cooperate with the United States, but cooperation must be “two-way”, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting in Beijing on Friday.

Saying that the multiplicity and complexity of challenges globally requires the US and China to work together, President Xi reaffirmed that Beijing and Washington should be partners rather than rivals.

“China is willing to cooperate, but cooperation must be two-way. China is not afraid of competition, but competition should be about moving forward together rather than playing a zero-sum game. China is committed to non-alignment, And the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement, “The US should not create small factions. Although each side may have its own friends and partners, it should not target, oppose or harm the other “

It said that China welcomes a confident, open, prosperous and prosperous America and hopes that the United States will also view China’s development from a positive perspective.

“Over the past 45 years, relations have gone through wind and rain, and both sides can learn some important lessons: China and the United States should be partners rather than rivals; helping each other succeed rather than hurting each other.” “Let us try to preserve common ground and differences rather than engage in vicious competition,” the statement added; And honor words with actions instead of saying one thing and doing another.”

President Xi further expressed hope that the two countries will continue to work actively to truly stabilize, improve and advance bilateral relations.

“As there is a Chinese proverb, “No progress means going backward.” This also applies to China-US relations. It is hoped that both teams will actively adhere to the San Francisco vision. We will continue to work together to truly achieve stability and improvement in bilateral relations,” Xi was quoted as saying.

Blinken said that since President Biden and President Xi met in San Francisco, the US and China have made good progress in their cooperation in areas such as bilateral dialogue, counter-narcotics, artificial intelligence and people-to-people exchanges. The multiplicity and complexity of the challenges the world faces requires “the United States and China to work together,” the statement said.

According to the New York Times, the visit aims to strengthen strained relations between the two countries despite disputes over the economy, national security and geopolitical differences.

The US State Department said in its statement that the US and China held “in-depth, substantive and constructive discussions” on key priorities in bilateral relations and a number of regional and global issues.

Secretary Blinken emphasized that as part of responsibly managing competition with the PRC (China), the United States will continue to use diplomacy to make progress in areas of disagreement and areas of cooperation that benefit the American people and the world. are important for.

They also pressed for continued progress in implementing the leaders’ Woodside Summit commitments on key issues, including enhanced anti-narcotics cooperation to disrupt the global flow of synthetic drugs – including fentanyl and their precursor chemicals – to the United States. Moving forward, this includes enhancing military-to-military communications. To avoid miscalculation and conflict, and to begin a dialogue on managing the risks and security challenges posed by advanced forms of artificial intelligence, the State Department said.

Earlier on April 24, Blinken, who is on his second visit to China this year, said he was in China to “make progress on the issues that matter most to the American people, including a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking.” Including curbing.”

Blinken’s visit follows US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to China earlier this month.

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