WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga underscored "the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait" and encouraged "the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues" in a joint statement issued after their first face-to-face meeting on Friday.
"We share serious concerns regarding the human rights situations in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region," it said.
