USA – China, Meeting Of Sullivan And Wang Yi In Malta

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta.

The face-to-face meeting took place in Malta on September 17. The White House defined it as “Washington’s attempt to keep lines of communication open with China and manage the relationship responsibly.”

Some observers are highlighting the fact that in addition to talks about bilateral relations between the two economic superpowers, the geopolitical situation in Europe and Taiwan, and a “red line that cannot be crossed,” as Wang Yi reiterates, the groundwork may have been laid to determine the next meeting of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

The Chinese leader’s absence at the recent G20 meeting in New Delhi, India, effectively prolonged the lack of direct relations between the two presidents. They have not met in person since the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in 2022, and a meeting would be highly desirable given the increasingly tense international climate.

According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the meeting was “sincere, meaningful, and constructive. The two sides carried out sincere, substantive, and constructive strategic communication to stabilize and improve China-American relations.” Wang also said that “China’s development has a strong endogenous driving force, follows an inevitable historical logic, and cannot be stopped.”