Aug. 23 (UPI) — Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with senior officers in China throughout a visit there subsequent week, laying the groundwork for a gathering between President Joe Biden and Chinese language chief Xi Jinping.
Sullivan shall be in China from August 27 to August 29 and focus on “bilateral, regional and international points” the White Home confirmed Friday.
The journey would make Sullivan the primary U.S. Nationwide Safety Adviser to go to China on official enterprise since 2016, Politico reported, citing sources contained in the White Home.
“These conferences are in line with efforts to take care of this strategic channel of communication to responsibly handle the connection and are a product of the November 2023 Woodside Summit between President Biden and President Xi,” the White Home mentioned in a press release.
A proposed assembly between Biden and Xi would reportedly happen later this 12 months, following the U.S. election on Nov. 5.
Sullivan is scheduled to fulfill with Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi through the journey. The 2 are anticipated to speak about a number of key subjects, together with continued army tensions within the South China Sea, the current scenario in Gaza, and China’s gross sales of non-lethal expertise to Russia for its struggle in Ukraine, in line with the Politico supply.
“The aim of this strategic degree of communication is admittedly to get into particulars on…intensive coverage, how we see totally different conditions. It truly is about clearing up misperceptions and avoiding this competitors from gearing into battle, greater than the rest,” a senior unnamed White Home official told Politico in an interview.
Biden and Xi last met in person in November of 2023. Following the assembly, China pledged to crack down on the circulation of Fentanyl into the USA. Use of the highly effective opiate has soared lately.
In April, the two leaders discussed AI, counternarcotics in addition to Russian entry to Chinese language expertise.
Sullivan has previously met with Wang previous to Biden-Xi conferences. Each Biden and Xi are anticipated to attend the 2024 G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The convention takes place after the U.S. election.
