在美中两国试图化解一场海军争端并把精力集中于稳定全球经济之际，美国总统奥巴马星期四将在白宫会晤中国外长杨洁篪。白宫发言人吉布斯说，两人会晤时将讨论这次海上纠纷，但预计这不会是会谈的主要议题。
这次争端源于星期天发生在南中国海的一次对峙。美国官员说，中国船只骚扰一艘美国海军监测船。北京方面指称这艘监测船是在执行间谍任务。尽管如此，双方都表示正在争取尽量减少这次事件的影响，同时试图把精力集中于其他领域的合作。
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the White House Thursday as the two countries try to defuse a naval dispute and focus on stabilizing the global economy. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the incident will be discussed during their meeting, but expects it will not dominate the conversation.
The dispute stems from a standoff Sunday in the South China Sea, where U.S officials say Chinese vessels harassed a U.S. Navy surveillance ship. Beijing accused the ship of being on a spying mission. Despite this, both countries say they are working to minimize the incident’s impact and are trying to focus on cooperating in other areas.