US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from right, and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, attend a meeting in Nusa Dua (Bali) on July 9, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP) STEFANI REYNOLDS / AP
The United States and China held constructive talks on Saturday, July 9, the two sides said, after an unusually long meeting aimed at preventing bilateral tensions from spiraling out of control. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held their first talks since October on the Indonesian island of Bali as the two powers stepped up interaction at a time when the West is focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Despite the complexities of our relationship, I can say with some confidence that our delegations found today's discussions useful, candid and constructive, Mr. Blinken said after five hours of talks, promising to keep open channels of diplomacy with Beijing.
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China's foreign ministry said the two sides had broadly agreed to work to improve ties, but also reeled off a laundry list of grievances against Washington, accusing the US of smearing and attacking its political system.
The two sides... reached a consensus to promote the Sino-US joint working group consultation to achieve more results, it said, reporting they also agreed to strengthen cooperation on climate change and public health.
The meeting, in which the pair held morning talks and then a working lunch, largely focused on preventing competition from spilling over into unintentional conflict but also on Washington's opposition to Beijing on a range of issues including Taiwan and human rights.
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I conveyed deep concerns of the United States regarding Beijing's increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity toward Taiwan and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, Mr. Blinken said.
He also voiced concerns over Ukraine, pressing Mr. Wang on Beijing's tacit support of Moscow's invasion of its neighbor and calling for it to distance itself from Russia a day after the Kremlin's top diplomat faced a barrage of Western criticism at the G20 talks.
It was Mr. Blinken and Mr. Wang's first in-person meeting in months, and they are expected to prepare for virtual talks in the coming weeks between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden as both powers increase engagement and moderate their tone.
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Also on Saturday, Mr. Blinken said that Washington saw no signs of Russia engaging with G20 diplomats over its invasion of Ukraine after Moscow faced a barrage of criticism at talks in Indonesia.
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Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov stormed out of a meeting with G20 foreign ministers Friday after Washington and its allies condemned Moscow's assault on its neighbor during the closed-door talks.
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We saw no signs whatsoever that Russia is prepared to engage in meaningful diplomacy, said Mr. Blinken. If there is an opportunity for diplomacy, we will seize it.
Mr. Lavrov walked out of a morning session on Friday as his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock criticized the invasion. He then left an afternoon session before Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed the ministers virtually.
There was a strong consensus and Russia was left isolated, as it has been many times since this war begin, Mr. Blinken said. In fact, Foreign Minister Lavrov left the meeting early, maybe because this message had been so resoundingly clear.
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Mr. Blinken said he pressed Beijing on its tacit support of the invasion and called on China to distance itself from the Kremlin. He also announced the US would provide another $360 million in support to Ukraine, including for food, clean drinking water, emergency health care and shelter.
The G20 meeting came against the backdrop of raging battles in eastern Ukraine, and with tensions between Moscow and Western nations at their highest in decades. Mr. Blinken snubbed a direct meeting with Mr. Lavrov and instead accused Russia of triggering a global food crisis, demanding Moscow allow grain shipments out of war-battered Ukraine.
To our Russian colleagues: Ukraine is not your country. Its grain is not your grain. Why are you blocking the ports? You should let the grain out, Mr. Blinken said in the closed-door session on Friday, according to a Western official present.
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Mr. Lavrov had previously told reporters he would not go running after Washington for talks. It was not us who abandoned contact, it was the United States, he said.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Mr. Lavrov was not listening to his colleagues. He told Agence France-Presse, That's not the most constructive way to attend a G20 meeting.
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The content of this website is the work of over 530 journalists who deliver high-quality, reliable and comprehensive news and innovative online services every day. This work is supported by additional revenue from advertising and subscriptions.On the margins of the Group of Twenty (G20) gathering in Bali, Indonesia, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the first time in person as leaders of their respective nations. Their three-and-a-half-hour meeting came against the backdrop of heightened tensions over Taiwan, unprecedented U.S. export controls on advanced technologies levied against China, ramped up North Korean missile tests, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The meeting will not place U.S.-China relations on a new trajectory or produce consensus on thorny issues that have been at the heart of the relationship for decades. It could, however, lead to a shared understanding on the need the establish guardrails to ensure that the increasingly severe competition between the United States and China does not lead to outright conflict. While that would seem to be a modest outcome, it would be a positive development for a relationship that has steadily deteriorated.
Given increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait, it should come as no surprise that both the U.S. and Chinese readouts of the meeting devoted considerable space to outlining their positions on this issue. The U.S. statement emphasized that its one-China policy had not changed and that it opposed any unilateral changes to the status quo. It also lodged objections to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan.” This language is consistent with long-standing U.S. policy and does not indicate any shift. As Biden said in his press conference after the meeting, “Our policy in Taiwan has not changed at all. It’s the same exact position we’ve had.”
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Also unsurprisingly, this is not how China sees the situation. According to the Chinese readout, Xi underscored that Taiwan is “at the very core of China’s core interests” and “the first red line that must not be crossed in China-U.S. relations.” He continued, “We hope that the U.S. side will match its words with action and abide by the one-China policy and the three joint communiqués.” To Beijing, the real issue is not U.S. rhetorical support for its one-China policy but rather the gap between its stated policy and its actions.
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The discussion on Taiwan—again, as expected—appears to be an exchange of long-standing talking points and objections with the other side, and there is no reason to believe that this meeting will reduce tensions. Indeed, Chinese pressure on Taiwan will likely continue to intensify in the coming months and years, regardless of other developments in the U.S.-China relationship.
The most interesting statement came regarding the war in Ukraine, with the U.S. readout asserting that both leaders “reiterated their agreement that a nuclear war should never be fought and can never be won and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.” The Chinese readout did not warn Russian President Vladimir Putin about nuclear use at all, instead noting that China was “highly concerned about the current situation in Ukraine” and supported peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Beijing also expressed hope that the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union “will conduct comprehensive dialogues with Russia.”
China would have sent a strong message to Putin had it publicly asserted that Russia’s use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be unacceptable. In reality, China does not seem ready to denounce Putin or distance itself from Russia.
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One topic that featured in the U.S. readout but not the Chinese version was North Korea. Biden said he told Xi that China has “an obligation to attempt to make it clear to North Korea that they should not engage in long-range nuclear tests.” Prior to the meeting, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan previewed that Biden would warn Xi that continued North Korean provocations would
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