BEIJING: China announced on Thursday that the climate negotiations with the United States had been successful. The meetings intended to improve collaboration between the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters.
China climate talks with US: The summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden is scheduled for next week. The goal of the summit is for the two countries to mend fences that have been icy for years.
Meetings between Chinese ambassador Xie Zhenhua and US climate envoy John Kerry “ended successfully” on Wednesday, according to Beijing’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Both parties “engaged in a comprehensive, in-depth exchange of views,” according to the statement, and they “achieved positive results on developing bilateral cooperation and action on climate change.”
According to the ministry, Beijing and Washington have decided to “jointly push for the success of the COP28 conference.”
China, the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, has promised to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and to peak its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
At the end of the month, nations will come together in the United Arab Emirates for the COP28 meeting, which aims to forge an agreement on curbing global warming.
The US and China, who are now trying to mend relations that have reached some of their lowest points in recent years over a variety of problems including trade, human rights, and national security, must reach an agreement if that meeting is to be successful.
In an effort to restart high-level communication, Washington dispatched a number of its senior representatives to Beijing this year.
This Thursday, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng declared that negotiations with the US were welcome at “all levels.”
The forthcoming Biden-Xi talks have not been formally confirmed by China or the United States.
However, credible sources stated on Wednesday that the two parties had agreed to meet on November 15 on the fringes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which the US is hosting, the following week.
“Not fluid.”
China’s foreign ministry stated on Wednesday that “the road to San Francisco is not smooth, and we cannot be on autopilot” in response to a question on whether the summit will take place.
He made reference to Xi and Biden’s last meeting in Indonesia last year when he said, “Both sides must… truly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, eliminate interference and overcome obstacles, enhance consensus and accumulate results.”
Both Biden and Xi expressed gratitude for the discussions and stated that they were trying to find ways to stay out of trouble.
Furthermore, the Chinese president emphasised last month that “there are 1,000 reasons to strengthen China-US ties, but not one reason to destroy them.”
Furthermore, Growing US pressure to control it globally across a number of areas has infuriated China.
However, Washington thinks Beijing may utilise these advanced electronics for military purposes, which is why the US has placed limitations on them.
