Biden asks Xi to keep communication lines open

Yashwant Raj | November 16, 2023 3:14 AM

Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) US President Joe Biden told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday that they should keep their communications lines open and get to understand each other so as “to ensure that competition (between their countries) does not veer into conflict” while the Chinese President reiterated his opposition to describing the relationship as competition saying it “is not the prevailing trend of current times”.

S.Korean Prez Yoon departs for San Francisco to attend APEC summit

IANS | November 15, 2023 1:09 PM

Seoul, Nov 15 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for San Francisco on Wednesday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where he is expected to call for stronger solidarity, promote trade liberalisation, and discuss a response to military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.