Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Friday November 15 that the world was entering an era “turbulence”, while his American counterpart Joe Biden announced “a moment of significant political change» at the summit of Pacific countries, placed in Lima in the shadow of the re-election of Donald Trump.
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Xi Jinping who is due to meet his American counterpart on Saturday in the Peruvian capital Joe Biden“warned of rising unilateralism and protectionism» and warns of an increase in “the fragmentation of the global economy», in a written speech, quoted by the Chine Nouvelle press agency.
The world isentered a new period of turbulence and transformation“, he added in this speech broadcast during the summit.
The American president, who met with the leaders of Japan and the South Koreatwo key allies in Asia, for its part estimated that the world faces “at a time of significant political change“.
South Korea calls on Beijing to “peace and regional stability»
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, for his part, called for greater cooperation with Beijing on “peace and regional stability“, after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in person for the first time in two years, Yonhap news agency reported.
There China is a key ally of North Korea, with which Seoul remains technically at war and whose leader Kim Jong-un has engaged in rhetorical and military escalation this year.
A Xi-Biden face-to-face
The leaders of the two superpowers, China and the United States, are participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, which brings together, until Saturday, November 16, 21 countries accounting for 60% of world GDP.
Their face-to-face meeting will be crucial, as relations between the two countries have been strained in recent years, due to trade disputes, but also the status of Taiwan, human rights issues and technological rivalry.
The meeting, on the last day of the summit, will be the third between the two presidents, and the second in just over a year. Both will then travel to the G20 in Brazil. Joe Biden’s mandate was marked by strong tensions with Beijing, but also by the maintenance, as best he could, of bilateral dialogue.
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