The first virtual summit between US president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, covered possible cooperation on stabilizing energy markets and tackling climate change.
"Our responsibility as leaders of China and the US is to ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended," Biden told Xi during their 3.5 hour-long video conference, which took place late evening 15 November Washington time — early morning today Beijing time.
Xi and Biden discussed the importance of taking measures to address global energy supplies, the White House said. In Beijing's version of the readout, Xi told Biden that their countries need to "call on the international community to jointly protect global energy security" and to cooperate on natural gas and renewable energy.
17 Nov 2021 by argusmedia.com
