Media: The White House has begun planning a meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping

The White House has begun planning a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which could take place in San Francisco in November. About it reports The Washington Post (WP) with reference to senior officials of the US presidential administration.

One of the people said the White House was “beginning the planning process.” He expressed confidence that the meeting will take place. At the same time, another senior official said that “nothing has been confirmed yet.” According to him, Biden is looking forward to meeting with the Chinese leader.

US presidential officials believe these plans will be strengthened by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Washington in the coming weeks.

The last time Biden and Xi Jinping met was at the G20 summit, which was held in Indonesia in November 2022. Then the PRC leader called The United States recognizes that the two countries are on different paths, does not impose ideological uniformity on others, and does not allow rhetoric to diverge from action. Biden said that a stable and developing China is in the interests of the United States, and assured that there is no desire to change the structure of China.

Relations between the countries deteriorated after incident with a Chinese balloon detected and destroyed in US airspace in February 2023, writes WP. It was expected that contact between the leaders could take place at the G20 summit in 2023 in India, but Xi Jinping decided to skip the event. The Chinese delegation at the summit was headed by the Prime Minister of the Chinese State Council, Li Qiang.