US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on April 16, 2021, reaffirmed their commitment to counter China’s “intimidation” in the East and South China seas, in wide-ranging talks that also covered Taiwan.
In a press conference at the White House, Suga said the two sides “had serious talks on China’s influence” in the Indo-Pacific and confirmed that “circumstances in Taiwan and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region” were discussed. It was Biden’s first in-person summit with a foreign leader since taking office in January.
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