Kamala Harris calls for open US-China communication after meeting with Xi Jinping

US Vice President, Kamala Harrismet briefly on Saturday in Bangkok with the Chinese president Xi Jinpingless than a week after his conversation with the president Joe Bidena US official reported.

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Harris reinforced Biden’s message that “we must keep the lines of communication open to responsibly manage competition between our countries,” the official said on condition of anonymity.

The vice president chatted with Xi as the two entered a retreat site in Bangkok during the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), said the official.

Biden met with Xi for three hours on the Indonesian island of Bali during the G20 summit, when he asked the Chinese leader to help contain his ally North Korea, which on Friday launched a missile that US and Japanese authorities say could reach the continental United States.

Xi’s meeting with Biden and his brief meeting with Harris came ahead of a visit to China, scheduled for next year, by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenthe first by a senior US diplomat since 2018.

China must use its influence to persuade North Korea “not to take this provocative direction that only destabilizes the region and the world,” the official said, referring to North Korea’s weapons program. Pyongyang.

Source: Elcomercio

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