China is ready to work with the US on Global and Regional issues: Chinese President Xi Jinping

New Delhi: The Beijing government is ready to work with the US on regional issues and global issues and the Chinese President Xi Jinping is also ready to bridge the gap between the United States and China, says a media report.

During a dinner of the National Committee on US-China relations held in Washington, China’s ambassador to the US, Qin Gang read a letter. In the letter Xi had conveyed that Beijing was ready to work with the US on regional and global issues.

A media report also says that US president Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be holding a virtual summit next week. The exact date for the summit has not been announced yet.

Speaking at different press conferences, China’s special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said “we need to actively work to address climate change.” Whereas his US counterpart John Kerry said, “the US and China have no shortage of differences, but on climate, cooperation is the only way to get this job done.” The meeting is being considered as an important one as the two countries had been in a geopolitical tussle.

The origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal is some of the major reasons that are behind bitter relations between the two countries. Another reason is the US supporting the island nation of Taiwan which is claimed by China.

(Vinayak)