Xi Jinping tells Antony Blinken that the United States must be “faithful” to its word and that there are “problems to be solved”

The Chinese president, Xi Jinpinghe told him this Friday in Beijing to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenwhat USA He must “be true to his word” in order to solve the “problems yet to be resolved” in the bilateral relationship.

“China and the US have gone through ups and downs but we must respect each other, cooperate and coexist. We must be partners and not harm each other, and for that we must seek common ground, be faithful to words and determined with actions.“, said Xi during the meeting, collect the Chancellery China in a statement.

The Chinese president added that “You can’t say one thing and then do another.”after which he acknowledged that, “despite the consensus and progress achieved” in recent months there are still “many problems to solve and room to make efforts.”

“This year we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. The important thing we have learned in this time is that we must be partners, not rivals. That we should achieve mutual benefit instead of harming each other. The important thing is to look for common points and put aside differences.“Xi said during the meeting, which was not part of the agenda of the American diplomat’s official visit to China.

Likewise, he also assured that the world is going through “profound changes” and that the international situation requires that China and the United States “strengthen dialogue, manage differences and promote cooperation.”

“It is the expectation of our two peoples but also of the international community”he added.

Xi also noted that China and the United States “They have enough room to develop and prosper, and that Beijing would like to see a United States.”confident, open, prosperous, developing”.

“In the same way, we hope that USA can have a positive vision of the development of China. Relationships will truly stabilize, improve and move forward when that happens”, he asserted.

The Chinese leader recalled the meeting he held last November in San Francisco with his counterpart Joe Biden highlighting that both parties are trying to implement “the consensus reached then”.

“Some progress has been made. However, there are still problems to be solved, and there is still room”he added.

This is the second time that Xi has received The blink in Beijing given that the Chinese president already met with the American during his last visit to the Chinese capital in June 2023.

The blink also met today in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi who warned him of “growing problems” in bilateral relations.

In this meeting, Wang He noted that although the bilateral relationship has begun to stabilize, “negative factors continue to increase”.

For its part, The blink pointed out that USA will be “clear and direct” about areas of disagreement.

The visit of The blink arrives rarefied after the US Senate approved a bill that will force the Chinese company ByteDance to sell the video application TikTok within nine months if you do not want the platform to be banned in the United States.

The parent company of Tiktok, ByteDance made it clear today that it has no intention of selling the application despite US legislation.

Earlier this week, TikTok -which, like Western services such as Google, Facebook, X or Instagram is locked on China where ByteDance operates a similar app called Douyin– has already announced that he will challenge this new law in court, which he considers “unconstitutional”.