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Biden says US, China should see a 'thaw very shortly'
"It got shot down and everything changed in terms of talking to one another. I think you're going to see that begin to thaw very shortly," Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Japan.
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Island encounter: United States President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet face to face ahead of the Group of 20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 14, 2022. (AFP/Saul Loeb )
U
S President Joe Biden said Sunday that ties between Washington and Beijing should thaw "very shortly", after the United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon this year.
"It got shot down and everything changed in terms of talking to one another. I think you're going to see that begin to thaw very shortly," Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Japan.
Biden also said the Group of Seven nations were agreed in their approach to China and the need to diversify their supply chains so they are not dependent on one country.
"We're not looking to decouple from China. We're looking to de-risk and diversify our relationship with China," Biden told a news conference.
Earlier, a senior US official said Biden invited his Japanese and South Korean counterparts for another meeting in Washington, following on from their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit.
"The leaders discussed how to take their trilateral cooperation to new heights", including with new coordination in the face of North Korea's "illicit nuclear and missile threats", the White House said in a statement issued after the meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday.
They also discussed cooperation in sharing North Korea's missile data in real time, according to a statement by Japan's foreign ministry.
Their discussions also touched on the Indo-Pacific, economic security, and engagement with the Pacific Islands, according to the statement.
