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Q — just a different topic. Do you have a comment on the Putin-Xi meeting that’s coming up this week? I mean, does the President have any thoughts on that?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, here’s our thoughts. You know, we don’t comment on bilateral — bilateral engagement. We’ve been always pretty consistent.
But I want to make one point clear. We find it unacceptable that the Chinese companies are helping Putin wage this war against Ukraine. And if China purports to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it cannot continue to fuel the biggest threat to European security right now.
This is not just a U.S. position. You also heard it from the G7 partners, NATO, and the EU. And that’s our position on that.
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Q Thank you. What are the next steps after White House officials met with the Chinese this week in Geneva on AI?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What are the next steps?
Q Yes.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, I — as you know, the President signed an executive order on AI, which is the most comprehensive executive action that he — he took. And what I would say with the — China is those conversations are going to continue. But this is an issue that the President believes that we need to act on and thinks it’s an incredibly important issue to move forward on.
Those conversation with China are going to continue — the dos- — diplomatic conversation. I don’t have anything to preview beyond that.
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Q So, U.S. government will send former senior U.S. officials to Taipei for the May 20 inauguration of the new president there. How did the President decide the members of that delegation? Do you think China will respond to the inauguration? If so, how?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: You’re talking about the Taiwan inauguration?
Q Yeah.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. So — and you’re talking about the delegation? So — so, inauguration is happening on May 20th.
In January, the Secretary of State issued a statement congratulating President Lai on his electoral — President-elect Lai on his electoral victory, and noted that the United States looks forward to working with his administration and leaders of all of Taiwan’s political parties to advance our shared interests and values as well as furthering our longstanding unofficial relationship.
Consistent with pa- — past practice, the United States will send an unofficial delegation to attend the inauguration.
I don’t have anything more to share about that. That is something that the State Department is running, as it relates to the unofficial delegation, so they can certainly share more on what that looks like. But obviously, it’s an upcoming inauguration on May 20th.
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Source: The White House
Speaker: Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary
Format: Press Briefing
China Policy Research 