In his letter to Biden, Xi acknowledged that although the relations of the two world superpowers went through “ups and downs,” in general they “advanced” and served to “improve the well-being of the two peoples.”
The president of China, Xi Jinpingand his American counterpart, Joe Bidenexchanged messages today to celebrate that 2024 marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries, Chinese media reported.
In his letter to Biden, Xi acknowledged that although the relations of the two world superpowers in the last 45 years have gone through “ups and downs,” in general they “advanced” and served to “improve the well-being of both peoples” and promote “global peace, stability and prosperity.”
“History has demonstrated, and will continue to fully demonstrate, that the mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and cooperation with shared gains They are the correct way for China and the United States to get along as two great countries,” the Chinese president remarked, as quoted by the Xinhua news agency.
In that sense, the Chinese leader recalled that his meeting with Biden in the Californian city of San Francisco in the middle of last month “pointed the direction for the development of relations” between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Biden stressed in his message to the Chinese president that since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1979, “prosperity” and “opportunities” have been promoted for the United States, China and the world, while he has committed to ” “responsibly manage” the relationship, according to Chinese state television CCTV and reproduced by the Europa Press news agency.
Signs of rapprochement between Biden and Xi
At Biden and Xi’s face-to-face meeting in California in November, their first summit in a year, they agreed to restore military-to-military communications and ease tensions.
One of the concrete examples of this thaw was the resumption of high-level military talks two weeks agoa channel that the Asian giant suspended more than a year ago to express its discontent over an unofficial visit to Taiwan in August 2022 by the then president of the United States House of Representatives (Lower House of Congress), Nancy Pelosi.
The situation of that island, which China claims as part of its territory, is one of the points that continue to generate friction between the two main economies in the world.
Source: Ambito
