The White House plans to hold a meeting between Biden and Xi in November

The White House plans to hold a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting is scheduled to be held in San Francisco, California, in November. The goal is to stabilize relations between the two countries. Information from the newspaper Washington PostQuoted from US government officials.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to travel to Washington next week. The details of the meeting between the two presidents must be determined after this visit.

If confirmed, the in-person meeting between Biden and Xi would be the first in one year. The only time they spoke in person was during the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022. At that time, they promised “Continuous and honest dialogue“.

Despite the call for a closer and friendlier relationship, in February this year, an alleged Chinese spy balloon was seen flying over the USA and caused new tension between the two countries.

In June, at a fundraiser, Biden called Xi and said:dictator“He said the Chinese would be.”I feel very ashamed“When the spy balloon was shot down.

China’s Ministry of State Security published a post on the social media network WeChat in September, stating that the meeting between Xi and Biden would only happen if the U.S.Show sufficient sincerity“.

In an effort to ease tensions, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and climate envoy John Kerry have visited Beijing in recent months. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also met with Wang in Malta.