[국제]US-China, the first high-level talks after Biden’s administration was launched on the 18th-19th… What is the direction of bilateral relations?

[국제]US-China, the first high-level talks after Biden’s administration was launched on the 18th-19th… What is the direction of bilateral relations?

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The United States and China will hold their first high-level talks on the 18th and 19th after the inauguration of the Biden administration.

The White House said in the talks that it would openly address China’s challenge to the security and values ​​of the US and the alliance, and as a result of the talks, attention is being drawn to the direction the bilateral relations will take.

Reporter Kim Won-bae reports.

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The U.S. White House confirmed that Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Yang Jietz, Chinese Communist Party diplomatic politician and Wang Yi, diplomatic affairs officer and foreign minister in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th and 19th.

White House spokesman Jen Saki said the talks are an opportunity to address a wide range of issues, including those with deep disagreements.

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Saki said the talks will also provide an opportunity to highlight how the United States will defend rules based on a free and open Indo-Pacific and international system.

Saki said the first high-level talks with China are important because they are held on US soil and after close meetings and consultations with Asian-European alliances and partners.

Prior to the first high-level talks between the United States and China, the United States will meet for the first time by video with the Quad Leaders, a council of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, where President Joe Biden has been organized to check China.

Then, Secretary of State Blincoln and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin will visit Japan on the 15th and hold a 2+2 talks between the United States and Japan, that is, the diplomatic and defense ministers’ meetings in Tokyo on the 16th.

According to a report by the Nihon Geizai Shimbun, the United States and Japan are working to include explicit criticism of China in the joint announcement of the 2+2 talks regarding the Senkaku Islands, the disputed territory of China-Japan territorial disputes, and the Chinese name Diaoyudao.

The first high-level talks between the US and China after the inauguration of the Biden administration is expected to be a touchstone for future US-China relations.

However, the Biden administration is also expected to hold talks on the basis of China’s checks, and China is also expected to claim its core interests, so there is little hope that this will serve as an opportunity to improve bilateral relations.

This is YTN Kim Won-bae.

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