John Kirby, a spokesman for the US presidency’s National Security Council, said US-China relations may have been strained lately, but Joe Biden has pledged to keep communication channels open.
The US government has made clear to Cuba its concerns about China hosting a spy base on the island, John Kirby, a spokesman for the US presidency’s National Security Council, said Monday.
According to Mr. Kirby, the bilateral relationship with China is tense at the moment, but US President Joe Biden is committed to keeping communication channels open.
The SEA spokesman also said that he does not expect the reports of the last few days about an alleged Chinese electronic espionage base on the territory of Cuba to lead to the cancellation of the trip that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is planning to make to Beijing at the end of the week.
“We understand that the bilateral relationship [των ΗΠΑ] with China is tense right now,” but “nothing has changed in terms of the president wanting to keep the lines of communication open” with Beijing, Mr. Kerby told reporters during a briefing of accredited editors.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials, that China and Cuba had struck a “secret deal” to install an electronic espionage base on the island, before other similar reports followed.
Both Havana and Beijing denied the reports.
US foreign policy chief Blinken told reporters yesterday that China’s “ventures” in Cuba are part of a broader effort on its part to expand its influence and presence on a global scale, adding that actions by the Biden administration after he takes office in 2021 “slowed down this effort”.
Source :Skai
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