Reuters-Chinas foreign minister suggests road to Xi-Biden summit will not be smooth
October 29, 2023 2 min 344 words
中国外交部长王毅表示，习近平主席和美国总统乔·拜登之间的峰会之路将不会一帆风顺。这是对即将举行的一次峰会的一种警示，峰会地点预计将在旧金山。王毅最近在华盛顿会见了拜登总统及其高级助手，双方同意在即将举行的亚太经济合作论坛峰会的侧重点上共同努力。近几个月来，美国提出了一系列双边外交会谈，主要旨在挽救今年初中美关系急剧恶化的局势，这一局势在美国击落一枚所谓的中国间谍气球后急剧恶化。然而，王毅在周六的讲话中警告说，峰会之路将不会一帆风顺，前进之路不会处于“自动驾驶”状态。他在华盛顿与美国战略界成员讨论后发表了这一声明。上个月，中国最高安全机构表示，习近平和拜登在旧金山会晤将取决于美国“表现出足够的诚意”。王毅表示，中美需要“回到巴厘岛”，这是指拜登和习近平上一次在去年11月的印尼巴厘岛举行的二十国集团峰会期间讨论台湾、竞争和沟通的地方。华盛顿和北京必须将当时达成的共识付诸实践，“消除干扰，克服障碍，增进共识，取得成果”，王毅说。他表示，尽管仍然存在各种分歧和矛盾以及需要解决的问题，但双方已共同发出积极信号，以稳定和改善关系，他认为保持对话是有用和必要的，即使存在各种不同和矛盾以及需要解决的问题。周六的讨论还涵盖了中美两国军事、金融、科技、中国的投资环境和市场准入，以及中东和乌克兰危机的深入交流。 这一报道突显了中美关系中的紧张局势和交流的必要性。双方均表示有意改善关系，但也承认存在问题和挑战。这需要双方付诸实际行动来稳定关系，但也需要解决根本性的分歧。在未来的峰会上，中美领导人将面临巨大的责任，以解决复杂的全球问题，包括台湾、竞争和全球安全等方面的问题。这不仅对两国而且对全球稳定都具有重要意义。
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the "road to the San Francisco summit will not be a smooth one", the foreign ministry said on Sunday, in a reference to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden.
Wang met Biden and his top aides in Washington in recent days, agreeing to work together toward the expected bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit.
A flurry of bilateral diplomatic engagements in recent months, largely at U.S. request, has aimed at salvaging what were rapidly deteriorating ties early in the year following the U.S. downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon.
But in remarks on Saturday, Wang cautioned the road to the summit would not be a smooth one and travelling there would not be on "autopilot", the ministry said in a statement.
He was speaking after a discussion with members of the U.S. strategic community in Washington, the ministry said.
Last month, China's top security agency suggested any Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco hinged on the U.S. "showing sufficient sincerity".
Wang said China and the U.S. needed to "return to Bali", referring to the last meeting between Biden and Xi, on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit on the Indonesian resort island last November, where they discussed Taiwan, competition and communication.
Washington and Beijing must put into practice the consensus achieved then, "remove interference, overcome obstacles, enhance consensus and gather outcomes", Wang said.
He said both sides have jointly sent out positive signals to stabilise and improve relations, believing it is useful and necessary to maintain dialogue even as there are still various differences and contradictions, and issues to be resolved.
Saturday's discussions also included in-depth exchanges on the interaction between China and U.S. militaries, finance, science and technology, China's investment environment and market access, as well as the Middle East and Ukraine crises.