Xi, Biden to meet next week
President Xi Jinping will visit the United States from November 14 to 17, and is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden on November 15, the foreign ministry said on Friday. President Xi will also attend the APEC summit in San Francisco, the ministry announced.  In a statement, Washington said the leaders will touch on a range of different issues.  "The leaders will discuss issues in the US-PRC bilateral relationship, the continued importance of maintaining open lines of communication, and a range of regional and global issues," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.  "Building on their last meeting in November 2022 in Bali, Indonesia, the leaders will also discuss how the United States and the PRC can continue to responsibly manage competition and work together where our interests align, particularly on transnational challenges that affect the international community." Bilateral contacts between the United States and China have stepped up recently. Washington said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng have agreed to "intensify communication" and work together on a range of economic, financial stability and regulatory issues after holding talks on Thursday and Friday.  Earlier, the US climate envoy, John Kerry, said Washington and Beijing have reached some climate change agreements that will benefit the COP28 climate summit in Dubai later this month.  Kerry was speaking after talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua._____________________________
Last updated: 2023-11-11 HKT 05:45 