Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 20th Aug. According to the White House officials on Saturday, despite escalating tensions between Washington D.C., and Beijing, US President Joe Biden is hopeful to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpingin Nov this year at Asian Leaders summit. .
Two are expected to meet in November this year on the sidelines of an Asian leaders summit hosted by Biden to ease tensions between the two nations.
Biden told news media on Friday that he hopes to follow up on last year’s meeting with Xi “this fall.”
“I expect and hope to follow up on our conversation from Bali this fall – that’s my expectation,” Biden said.
He made the announcement after his trilateral summit between US, Japan and South Korea denounced the “dangerous and aggressive actions” by China in the Indo-Pacific region and opposed attempts to change the status quo in Indo-Pacific.
Biden earlier had described Xi’s China as a “ticking time bomb” cited economic concerns.
In June, Biden had called XI a “dictator”. Both statements were denounced by Beijing.
Biden administration imposed restrictions on US investment in high-tech areas in China and barred exports of advanced microchips.
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