BEIJING: China on Monday (Dec 30) supplied its deep condolences over the death of Jimmy Carter, saying the previous US president was the “driving power” behind the institution of diplomatic ties between each international locations greater than 40 years in the past.
Carter died at his dwelling in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday on the age of 100. Throughout his 1977-1981 tenure, the US authorities established formal relations with China, constructing on the groundwork laid by former President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger earlier within the Seventies.
“China expresses its deep condolences on the passing of former United States President Jimmy Carter,” mentioned Mao Ning, spokesperson on the Chinese language international ministry.
“Former President Carter was the driving power behind the institution of diplomatic relations between China and america, and made essential contributions to the event of China-United States relations and the pleasant exchanges and cooperation between the 2 international locations,” Mao mentioned at an everyday information convention.
The choice by Carter’s administration to acknowledge in 1979 Beijing’s place that there’s however one China and Taiwan is a part of China, and to sever formal ties with Taiwan, helped chart a brand new course in ties.
“His historic contribution to the normalisation and growth of China-US relations will at all times be remembered by the Chinese language folks,” Xie Feng, the Chinese language ambassador to america, wrote in a publish on X.
