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Xi Jinping tells Jake Sullivan China is committed to stable US ties
US national security adviser says trip is not an end but continuation of painstaking diplomacy
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The first US national security adviser to travel to China in eight years stressed the importance of “intense diplomacy” with the country as he capped his visit with a meeting with President Xi Jinping.
Addressing reporters after the talks on Thursday, Jake Sullivan said Washington’s relationship with Beijing would remain competitive but the two major powers needed to manage ties responsibly.
“We’re doing that through this very detailed [and] painstaking multiple rounds of diplomatic effort,” he said.
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“And it’s not to arrive at a certain end result where everything’s just resolved. It’s rather to arrive on a stable basis so that each of us can stand up for our interests.
“That is what this trip was about. That’s what the diplomacy of the last few years has been about. And we do believe that it puts us in a position to increase the prospect of stability in the relationship.”
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In his meeting with Sullivan at the Great Hall of the People, Xi said China’s goal to develop sustainable “stable and healthy” ties with the United States remained unchanged, as did its commitment to safeguarding its own sovereignty, security and development interests.
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