“President Biden has been very clear in his conversations with President Xi that he is committed to managing this important relationship responsibly," Sullivan said in brief remarks to media before the talks began.
Jake Sullivan, U.S. national security adviser, visits Beijing in a bid to manage strained relations
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An hour before he posted his letter on July 21 announcing he wouldn’t seek another term, Sullivan said, Biden was on the phone with his Slovenian counterpart seeking to secure her agreement to release a pair of Russian sleeper agents as part of the deal.
How sweeping U.S.-Russia prisoner swap came together: An assassin, a Putin foe's death, secret talks
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