Iran Press/ America: In a major effort to thaw the ties, US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping had their first face-to-face meeting in a year on Wednesday. The two leaders vowed to stabilize their fraught relationship by showcasing modest agreements and combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications.
Biden welcomed the Chinese leader at the Filoli estate, a country house and gardens about 30 miles (48 km) south of San Francisco, ahead of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
The two leaders met for about four hours in California just ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit taking place in San Francisco. Their talks come as tensions between the world's two largest economies have been on the rise, and as the White House has been trying to take a strong-on-China approach.
Biden described his meeting with Xi Jinping as some of the most productive talks. In a rare news conference following the summit, the two sides touted the resumption of military-to-military communications and shared that the two leaders agreed on curbing the flow of fentanyl.
In August 2022, Beijing declared it was cutting off dialogue with the US on major issues such as climate and military relations after then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. 219
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