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The American president regrets the absence of his Chinese counterpart in New Delhi whereas the 2 international locations have resumed dialogue in latest months.
By QM with AFP
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Uabsence removed from going unnoticed. US President Joe Biden mentioned on Sunday, September 3, he was dissatisfied by the absence of Chinese chief Xi Jinping on the G20 summit to be held in India this week, assuring that he would nonetheless “be able to see him”. Asked about Xi Jinping’s absence from the New Delhi summit, Joe Biden instructed reporters: “I’m disappointed, but I’ll be able to see it,” with out giving additional particulars.
In latest months, Beijing and Washington have resumed dialogue with a succession of visits by senior American officers to Beijing, together with the top of diplomacy Antony Blinken. But bilateral relations stay strained, with commerce disputes, Chinese enlargement within the South China Sea and the problem of the self-governing democratic island of Taiwan remaining hindrances.
On Thursday, a senior EU official mentioned Xi Jinping wouldn’t attend the G20 and could be represented by Premier Li Qiang. Chinese President and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a uncommon face-to-face assembly on the BRICS summit in South Africa final month, however tensions stay excessive between the 2 Asian giants.
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