The U.S. says Biden and Xi Jinping met; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs oversees U.S. policy

• Lin Jianan / reporter, CNA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that interactions between the United States and China will be monitored to ensure Washington maintains its position on Taiwan, while a senior U.S. official said that U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping may meet before the end of the year.

Taipei City maintains communication with US officials to ensure that Washington will not change its policy towards Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne O said at a press conference in Taipei.

Europe thanked the United States for expressing concern about the pressure on China.

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The United States, Britain, Japan, Germany and many other countries have expressed serious concerns about China’s aggression.

In addition, Vice Minister Qiu Chuicheng reiterated that Taiwan has never been part of the People’s Republic of China, let alone part of China’s internal affairs.

On Wednesday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, to tell US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan that the United States should stop interfering in China’s internal affairs.

On Wednesday, Yang and Sullivan met in Zurich, Switzerland.

The White House stated that Sullivan expressed concern about Beijing’s position on Taiwan.

Beijing and Washington stated that the talks were constructive.

We did agree in principle to hold a virtual bilateral meeting in today’s conversation [summit] An American official told reporters that they would meet before the end of the year.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said: We are still studying what this will look like, of course we don’t have the final details yet.

Additional report by Reuters