US President Joe Biden will hold a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G20 Summit to be held in Bali, Indonesia from 15-16.
This is the first face-to-face meeting with Xi since Biden took office.
In this regard, President Biden met with reporters on the 9th to “present the respective ‘red lines'”, to understand what China’s national interest is in Xi, to discuss American interests, and “(I want to decide if there is a conflict between these two parties “.
Earlier, the Washington Post newspaper said that a summit between President Biden and Xi is underway following the mid-term elections in the United States and that the goal is to alleviate conflicts over trade, infectious diseases, human rights and Taiwanese issues, including climate change.
Additionally, President Biden intends to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on global energy and food security at the G20 summit, US officials said.
President Biden will begin his tour by attending the 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt on 11 and 12 and 13 at the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Cambodia.
Subsequently, they will travel to Indonesia on the 14th to attend the G20 Summit held in Bali for two days from the 15th.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian government, president of the G20 circuit, has officially confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be present at the meeting.
The Indonesian minister for maritime coordination and investment, Ruhut Panzaitan, said in a press conference on the 10th that “Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation”.
VOA News
* This article referred to Reuters.
