(ANSA-AFP) - NUSA DUA, NOV 14 - US President Joe Biden and
his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in talks Monday that
nuclear weapons should never be used, including in Ukraine, the
White House said. "President Biden and President Xi reiterated
their agreement that a nuclear war should never be fought and
can never be won and underscored their opposition to the use or
threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine," it said in a
statement. The pair held their first face-to-face talks since
Biden took office on the sidelines of a G20 meeting expected to
be dominated by the war in Ukraine. The pair shook hands at the
start of the meeting, with Biden saying the superpowers shared
the responsibility to show the world that they can "manage our
differences, prevent competition from becoming conflict". The
White House said he had told Xi that Washington would "continue
to compete vigorously" with China, but "this competition should
not veer into conflict". Biden raised objections to China's
"coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan,"
the White House said after three hours of talks aimed at
avoiding conflict between the rival superpowers. (ANSA-AFP).
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