Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his willingness “to work with the new administration” of the future US ruler, Donald Trump, to “maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences”, while his American counterpart, Joe Biden, expressed his hope that the bilateral relationship of competition “will not end in conflict.”
Both leaders spoke at the beginning of the bilateral meeting between Xi and Biden, who will leave the Presidency of the United States in January.
Xi Jinping invites Trump to stable relations
Xi assured that he wants to “work for a stable transition of China-United States relations for the benefit of our two peoples” and hoped that the two countries “make wise decisions, continue to explore the appropriate way for two great countries to get along well and achieve lasting peace and coexistence”.
Xi and Biden agreed that their bilateral relationship is the most important for the world and that these high-level talks between both nations, the third during the US president’s term, are essential to avoid global instability.
“China’s goal is for the stable, healthy and sustainable relationship between China and the United States to remain unchanged”
“China’s goal is for the stable, healthy and sustainable relationship between China and the United States to remain unchanged,” added the Chinese president, who coincided with Biden at the two-day meeting in Lima of the leaders of the Economic Cooperation Forum. of Asia-Pacific, according to EFE.
“If we see ourselves as rivals or adversaries, we pursue perverse competition and seek to harm each other, We will weigh down the relationship or make it go backwards.”said Xi, who assured that the world is facing “unprecedented challenges.”
Congratulatory call
Last Thursday, the Chinese president called Trump to congratulate him on his victory and ask that the relationship between the two powers be “stable, healthy and sustainable.”
Biden, who in January will hand over power to President-elect Trump after the Republican’s victory in the elections 11 days ago, took stock of his relationship with Xi.
“We have not always agreed, but our conversations have always been frank”
“We have not always agreed, but our conversations have always been frank,” he said from the meeting room of the Delfines Hotel in Lima. This is the third and last bilateral meeting between Biden and Xi.
“These talks anticipate miscalculations and ensure that competition between our two countries does not lead to conflict. It is our responsibility to our people and the rest of the world,” Biden said.
The US president highlighted the progress with Beijing in communication at a high-level military level, in the fight against narcotics trafficking and in security and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
They agree that the use of nuclear weapons should not be under the control of AI
In their meeting, Biden and Xi agreed on “the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” when discussing the possible uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in Lima.
“The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” includes the information released by the White House, about a bilateral meeting they held in Lima after participating in the APEC leaders’ meeting.
The conversation was based on a “candid and constructive dialogue on AI”, in which “the two leaders affirmed the need to address the risks of artificial intelligence systems” and find formulas for their security.
Biden and Xi also emphasized “the need to carefully consider potential risks and develop AI technology in the military arena in a prudent and responsible manner.”
This issue was one of the topics discussed in the bilateral meeting between Biden and Xi in Lima and one that, in the opinion of the White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, is among the most tangible results of this third dialogue between both leaders. which lasted in the Peruvian capital for around one hour and 40 minutes.
“We have to start somewhere, at basic principles, and build up from there in relation to the need to develop a common basis for reducing nuclear risk and a good place to start is in the direct proposition that there must be human control in the decisions about the use of nuclear weapons,” Sullivan said.
“I’m not saying that someone was going to imminently hand over control of nuclear weapons to artificial intelligence,” said Sullivan, who stressed that it is a step “in the right direction” regarding mitigation, since there is a “strategic risk to long term” for two countries with “significant AI capabilities.”
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