US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met the Chinese president as he wrapped up a three-day visit. It comes amid attempts to improve the relationship between Washington and Beijing.US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday afternoon, as he wrapped up three days of talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other senior officials.
Xi told Sullivan that Beijing’s commitment to good ties with Washington remained unchanged, state media reported.
“China’s commitment to the goal of stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US relations hasn’t changed,” Xi told Sullivan, according to state broadcaster CCTV. “We hope that the US will work with China to meet each other halfway.”
China and the United States should become a source of stability for world peace and a propeller for common development, Xi said. He also expressed his hope that the United States would work in the same direction as China.
Meanwhile, Sullivan told Xi that US President Joe Biden is committed to managing the relationship to avoid conflict. “President Biden looks forward to engaging with you again in the coming weeks,” Sullivan also told Xi.
Sullivan and Xi discussed several issues, including cross-strait issues, Russia’s war against Ukraine and the South China Sea, the White House statement said.
Sullivan stressed the importance of avoiding conflict
Earlier on Thursday, Sullivan met with one of China’s top military officials, General Zhang Youxiam, at the headquarters of the Peoples’ Liberation Army in Beijing.
On the last leg of his three-day visit to China, Sullivan urged better military-level communications between the two nations in wide-ranging talks with Zhang.
Thursday marked the first meeting of an official of US President Joe Biden’s administration and Zhang, who is the vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission.
