US President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: AFP
SCMP: Biden and Xi agree to start arms control talks, says US national security adviser Jake Sullivan
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed during their virtual summit this week to launch a series of high-level arms control talks, US national security adviser
Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. Sullivan said in a discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington that Biden made the proposal out of concern over a build-up in China's nuclear arsenal, reports that China carried out two hypersonic missile tests and other indications of the spread of military technology in the South and East China seas.
Biden "did raise with President Xi the need for a strategic stability set of conversations around the sorts of issues you just described ... that needs to be guided by the leaders and led by senior empowered teams on both sides that cut across security, technology and diplomacy", he said.
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WNU Editor: I do not think these talks are going to go anywhere, Beijing;s position on nuclear arms talks have been very clear in the past .... U.S. says China is resisting nuclear arms talks (Reuters).
Update: I am not the only one skeptical on these talks going anywhere .... ‘Deep distrust’ clouds Xi-Biden agreement on nuclear talks (Financial Times)
More News On US Reports That Presidents Biden And Xi Have Agreed To Start Nuclear Arms Control Talks
Biden, Xi agree to arms talks as China looks to bolster nuclear arsenal -- FOX News
US and China agree to hold talks on nuclear arsenals -- Financial Times
Biden and Xi agree to look at possible arms control talks -- NBC/Reuters
Biden & Xi Agree To Plan Unprecedented US-China Talks On Nuclear Arsenals -- Zero Hedge
Biden Launches Arms-Control Talks with China, Warns Xi on Taiwan -- Defense One
2 comments:
Real Clear Politics average is -11.7. I predicted -15 by Christmas. I regretted that prediction. It could be -20 by Christmas.
Joe has been pushed by his handlers into the lime light more and more often. There are many photo opportunities to keep up the Potemkin façade. Engaging in process is also very important for the dog and pony show. It has been for at last two decades.
Mr. Biden and his handlers absolutely know they will get nowhere with China. But they will get somewhere with the MSM and a few voters.
Does it make a difference? " Agreement"
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