Reuters: Politics: Obama congratulates China's Xi on election as president

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Obama congratulates China's Xi on election as president Mar 14th 2013, 18:32 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News China's Xi appointed president, completes rise to the top 7:33am EDT Obama makes little headway with Republicans over deficit Wed, Mar 13 2013 As cyber threats build against U.S., CEOs ask for "light touch" Wed, Mar 13 2013 China's Xi flexes muscle, chooses reformist VP: sources Mon, Mar 11 2013 Obama lunches with budget hawk Ryan, deal still far off Thu, Mar 7 2013 Analysis & Opinion Counterparties: Krugman-Sachs The best legislation liberals can buy Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio will take the name Pope Francis.  Slideshow  U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Organizing for Action dinner in Washington, March 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON | Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:54pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday offered his congratulations to new Chinese President Xi Jinping after he was formally elected to the post and told him that Washington looked forward to working with the leadership team in Beijing, the White House said. "This is a very important relationship and an important series of issues that we deal with on a regular basis," White House spokesman Jay Carney said when asked whether Obama used the phone call to discuss U.S. cyber security concerns. Carney declined to cite specifics. China's parliament formally elected Xi as president earlier on Thursday, completing the country's second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949. The 59-year-old Xi was appointed party and military chief - where real power lies - in November. (Reporting By Matt Spetalnick) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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