WASHINGTON: China's ambassador to Washington has protested remarks President Joe Biden made about Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday (Jun 21), and its embassy said the United States should act immediately to undo the negative impact or bear all the consequences.
aimed at stabilising relations between the superpowers.
A statement from China's embassy early on Thursday said the Chinese ambassador, Xie Feng,"made serious representations and strong protests" to senior officials at the White House and the US State Department on Wednesday. "We urge the US side to immediately take earnest actions to undo the negative impact and honor its own commitments. Otherwise, it will have to bear all the consequences."
US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Wednesday that Washington continued to expect diplomatic engagements with China"in due course, when the time is appropriate" and that Biden believed diplomacy was the way forward, but added:"That does not mean, of course, we will not be blunt and forthright about our differences."
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