U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received congratulations for his election victory from China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
Biden is
prepared to give a speech highlighting the challenges Americans face as
Covid-19 cases surge on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday.
He already
introduced his foreign policy and national security team on Tuesday as he
begins a formal transition to the White House after defeating Republican
President Donald Trump.
One of
Biden’s promises is to make fighting the pandemic a top priority after taking
office on Jan. 20.
China’s
foreign ministry, though not Xi himself, congratulated Biden on Nov. 13, nearly
a week after many U.S. allies had, holding out as Trump, who is still
challenging the election results on the basis of unsubstantiated voting fraud
claims, refused to concede defeat.
In his
congratulatory message to Biden on Wednesday, Xi said healthy ties between the
world’s two biggest economies were not only in the fundamental interests of
their two peoples but also expected by the international community, the official
Xinhua news agency reported.
Biden’s
planned address is meant to offer encouragement during an intensifying pandemic
and focus on the sacrifices Americans are making during the holiday season, his
office said.
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