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The highly-anticipated meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping concluded on Tuesday noon (Beijing time) after a virtual summit that lasted for over three hours, local media reported.Both the leaders exchanged views on bilateral relations and issues of common interest. The meeting was held amid deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington on several issues.The virtual meet lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes, Chinese state media tabloid Global Times reported.The United States will always insist on its values, the rules are universal and countries must follow them, US President Joe Biden said at the start of the highly anticipated virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping."We have a responsibility to the world, as well as to our people. --I have talked about this -- all countries have to play by the same rules of the road, why the US is always going to stand up for our interests and values and those of our allies and partners," the White House press pool quoted Biden as saying.In his opening remarks, Biden stressed the need to collaborate "especially on vital global issues like climate change." "We have a responsibility to the world as well as to our people," Biden said during his meeting.Chinese President, on the other hand, expressed his readiness to work with the Biden administration to build consensus to move China-US relations forward. He added that both the countries are at critical stages of development and the "global village" of humanity faces multiple challenges.During his opening remarks, Xi stressed that a sound and steady China-US relationship is required for advancing the two countries' respective development and for safeguarding a peaceful and stable international environment.This is the first meeting between the two leaders since Biden has assumed office. Although both leaders have spoken twice over the phone so far.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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