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President Joe Biden opened his virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Monday by saying that his goal was to ensure that the competition “does not run into conflict”. Biden has criticized Beijing for human rights violations against Uyghurs in northwest China, cracking down on democratic protests in Hong Kong, military aggression against the self-governing island of Taiwan, and more. Xi’s MPs, meanwhile, have taken action against the Biden White House for interfering in internal Chinese affairs.
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Biden-Xi meeting
- China’s President Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that the two nations must “improve communications” and face challenges “together” amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and other trouble spots.
- “China and the United States need to step up communication and cooperation,” Xi said, adding that he was happy to see “my old friend” Biden and that he was ready to work with the US leader.
- “Humanity lives in a global village,” and nations “must face the challenges together,” added Xi.
Biden urges Xi to make sure the relationships don’t get into open conflict
- US President Joe Biden said at the beginning of a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday that both as leaders have a responsibility to ensure that relations between China and the US do not come into open conflict.
- Xi told Biden in the video conference that the two countries face several challenges together and need to increase communication and cooperation.
Kartarpur Corridor will reopen shortly
- Before the upcoming Gurpurab, the birthday of the first Sikh Guru Guru Nanak, the government will shortly reopen the Kartarpur corridor with Pakistan.
- The decision came after a meeting of BJP MPs from Punjab with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
- However, the Sikh pilgrims were already allowed to travel across the border between Attari and Wagah to Kartarpur-Gurudwara.
- At the beginning of last week, Pakistan, which had refused permission for Sikh pilgrims to visit the country twice this year, also asked the Indian government to reopen the corridor.
- Inaugurated in 2019, the corridor was closed in March last year after the Covid-19 outbreak.
The EU aims to have a rapid reaction force without US funds by 2025, according to a document
- According to a draft plan, the European Union is considering a joint force of up to 5,000 soldiers by 2025 in order to get through a series of crises and without relying on the US.
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USA sanction Nicaragua officials for “sham elections”
- The United States on Monday announced new sanctions against Nicaraguan government officials and the prosecutor over the recent “bogus” election in which longtime leader Daniel Ortega won a fourth consecutive term.
n our government, we are continually taking steps to protect cows. We received funds for 520 cow ambulances. These ambulances will be on site in 15 minutes if information about cow diseases or accidents arrives. CM will inaugurate it soon: UP Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary
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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will soon hold a virtual meeting amid economic and military tensions
- US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will soon hold a virtual meeting on Monday (local time) at which the former is likely to express “concern” about Beijing’s actions and “insist that the communist regime rule the streets.”
- This is the first meeting of the two heads of state and government since Biden took office. Although both have phoned twice so far.
- The senior civil servant, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the meeting, said: Biden planned to address several disagreements, including China’s human rights violations, America’s commitment to defending Taiwan, China’s support for its state industries, and its policies in relation to it on cyber technologies, according to the New York Times (NYT).
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