Sullivan: Biden is looking to resume military relations with China

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News Agency, while there are only a few days left for the scheduled meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced that Biden intends to resume military relations with China.

According to this report, the presidents of the United States and China are going to meet for the first time in a year. Wednesday, October 15, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in San Francisco, USA. This is the second personal meeting between the leaders of the two countries since Biden took office in January 2021.

Sullivan, in an interview with CBS, added: The president is supposed to discuss the restoration and resumption of military relations negotiate with China because it considers this to be in the interest of the national security of the United States. We need these lines of communication so that there are no mistakes or misunderstandings or misunderstandings.

He noted: the restored military relations with China can be at any level senior leaders up to the tactical operational level as well as in the land and air dimension in the Indo-Pacific region.

A senior American official said that Biden’s visit is expected and Xi, various global issues including the war between the Islamic resistance of Palestine and the Zionist regime to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea’s relations with Russia, the issue of Taiwan, issues related to the Oceania region, human rights, drug production, artificial intelligence, and fair trade. and economic relations to be discussed.

while two days ago Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng expressed his country’s concerns about Washington’s sanctions and export and investment restrictions in a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Mr. He Lifeng asked Washington Take special steps to solve these problems.

During the last year, tensions between the two countries intensified after a Chinese research balloon flew over the American sky, Washington shot down this balloon, which was seen in the state of Montana.

Also, the meeting of senior American officials, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives of this country, with the President of Taiwan, which China considers a part of its mainland, has caused tensions to rise. But currently, there are consultations between the authorities of the two countries and the parties are looking to reduce the tensions between them.

These consultations are in the midst of significant escalation of tensions between the two countries on bilateral issues. different and high-ranking officials of each of these two countries visit the other country. These visits include Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Washington on October 26-28 and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to Beijing on June 18-19.

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