
"Need To Increase Communication, Cooperation": Xi To "Old Friend" Biden
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Speaking from the White House to Xi on a television screen, Biden said they must develop "guardrails" to "ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended."
US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping opened a virtual summit Monday with an appeal for better communication between the superpowers and "guardrails" to avoid conflict.
Speaking from the White House to Xi on a television screen, Biden said they must develop "guardrails" to "ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended."
He said they would have a "candid" discussion.
Xi, speaking from Beijing, called Biden "my old friend," but said the rivals must work more closely.