By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-05 15:23:15 | Updated at 2024-10-05 17:46:23
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Chinese President Xi Jinping received a congratulatory message from US President Joe Biden to mark the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China this week, marking the latest top-level exchange as tensions persist in China-US relations.
The news was made public by the Chinese foreign ministry in a statement published on its website on Saturday evening.
The ministry reported the message in a question-and-answer format, noting that it was a response to media questions.
“President Joe Biden recently sent a message of congratulations to President Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China,” the official English-language statement said.
“In the message, President Biden noted that ‘on behalf of the people of the United States, I send our congratulations to you and the people of the People’s Republic of China as you celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding. The American people and I convey our best wishes to the people of the People’s Republic of China’.”
The statement did not specify when the message was sent and in what format.
