(27 Aug 2024)
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Beijing - 27 August 2024
1. Wide of U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan shaking hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Adviser:
"President Biden has been very clear in his conversations with President Xi that he is committed to managing this important relationship responsibly. And the outcomes of the Woodside Summit and the work we've done since then demonstrate that. That we are working to ensure that the competition does not veer into conflict and that we find ways to work together where our interests align."
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yi, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister
“The China-US relationship is of critical importance for both countries and also affects the whole world. Over the past few years the bilateral relations have passed twists and turns. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Biden, we managed to return to Bali and reached San Francisco. Experience needs to be summarized and lessons should be learned. The key is to keep to the overall direction of mutual respect, peaceful co-existence, and win-win cooperation. Implementing the common understandings between our two presidents at their San Francisco meeting is our important responsibility.”
4. Various of Sullivan and Wang, and officials, during meeting
5. Sullivan and Wang shake hands, and walk out of news briefing
STORYLINE:
A top White House official arrived in China on Tuesday for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden's term in office.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, has been Biden's point person for often unannounced talks with the Communist Party's top foreign policy official to try to manage the growing differences between Washington and Beijing.
The goal of his visit, which lasts through Thursday, is limited — to try to maintain communication in a relationship that broke down for the better part of a year in 2022-23 and was only nursed back over several months.
No major announcements are expected, though Sullivan's meetings could lay the groundwork for a possible final summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Biden steps down in January.
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