US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after disembarking from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 20, 2022.
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Beijing – US President Joe Biden He said he hoped to speak to the Chinese president Xi Jinping by the end of the month.
He did not elaborate on the reasons for the call or the planned topics of discussion. China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The two leaders last spoke in March, mostly about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. China has refused to call the attack an attack.
“I think I will speak to President Xi within the next 10 days,” Biden told reporters at Eastern Time on Wednesday, according to a White House transcript.
Asked if he thinks about the Speaker of the US House of Representatives? Nancy Pelosic Should visit Taiwan this summer, Biden said: “The military doesn’t think it’s a good idea right now, but I don’t know what its status is.”
The Financial Times reported this week, quoting sources, That Pelosi planned to take a delegation to Taiwan in August – the first visit by a man in his position in 25 years.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a press briefing that China has warned it will take “strong and resolute measures” if such a visit takes place.
Taiwan is a democratically self-governing island that Beijing considers part of its territory. China has said it wants peaceful reunification with Taiwan.