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Remarks from Pre-Meeting of Presidents Barak Obama & Hu Jintao
Comments (0) Today, after the U.N. General Assembly meeting, Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao met for a one-on-one meeting to discuss issues pertaining to the U.S.-China relationship. Although the meeting was off the record, below is the official transcript of their remarks prior to their private discussion.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release September 22, 2009
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO
BEFORE MEETING
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York, New York
3:47 P.M. EDT
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We welcome your delegation to New York. I’m sorry that I didn’t have a chance to see you in L’Aquila, but your Councilor Dai did an excellent job representing your country.
I also have to say that I enjoyed seeing Vice Premier Wang as well as Councilor Dai at the SED meeting. And Vice President Biden and I both had excellent meetings with Chairman Wu two weeks ago in the White House. I should also mention that Vice Premier Wang showed me his jump shot, which is excellent. (Laughter.) How do you say “basketball shot” in Chinese? (Laughter.)
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