WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to hold a virtual Summit on Monday, the source told Reuters on Thursday, in the midst of tensions, human rights and military activities.
Washington and Beijing have emptied the problems of the origin of Covid-19 Pandemi to China which expands nuclear arsenal.
US officials believe direct involvement with XI is the best way to prevent the relationship between the two largest economies in the world of spirals to conflict.
The White House declined to comment.
XI is likely to invite Biden to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, CNBC reported on Thursday, quoting two people who were familiar with this problem.
Such requests can place the US president in an uncomfortable place as he suppressed China on human rights.
Biden can’t go to Beijing for any meeting; The US president did not attend the summer Olympics in Tokyo, American allies.
Biden and XI last spoke on September 9, a 90-minute conversation that a senior US official focused on economic problems, climate change and Covid-19.
On Wednesday, the two countries launched a framework agreement at the UN climate conference in Scotland aimed to increase cooperation to overcome climate change.
The latest Biden-XI virtual meeting was agreed in principle last month during talks in Zurich between US national security advisers Jake Sullivan and China’s top diplomats, Jiechi.
The White House said Sullivan raises concerns about China’s actions in the South China Sea, as well as human rights and Beijing’s attitude in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan.
A senior administrative official said no one announced.
“We have an agreement in principle to hold a virtual bilateral meeting before the end of the year.
The work level discussion is in a way to confirm the details,” the official said.
The White House has marked the upcoming meeting as part of an effort A.S.
The ongoing to “manage responsibly” competition between the two countries.
‘Biden, Xi China hopes to meet virtually on Monday’
