“This assembly continues the dedication by either side on the November 2023 Woodside Summit between President Biden and President Xi to keep up strategic communication and responsibly handle the connection,” the White Home stated.
On Friday, Sullivan met with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and different prime officers in Bangkok, each international locations stated.
They mentioned “regional and international points, together with efforts to handle the worsening disaster in Burma”, the place preventing has flared between the Myanmar junta and ethnic armed teams within the north of the nation, the White Home stated.
SOURCES OF TENSION
Talking in Beijing this month, Wang stated that whereas the connection had encountered “severe difficulties”, ties had “stabilised” final 12 months.
However Wang’s rosy evaluation belied persevering with sources of pressure, with the 2 powers most just lately butting heads over elections within the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims.
A delegation of US lawmakers visited the island this week, assembly with President-elect Lai Ching-te and reaffirming Washington’s assist for the democracy.
