Biden and Xi to hold virtual meeting before year-end: US official
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Top US official says ‘agreement in principle’ reached to hold virtual bilateral meeting between US, Chinese presidents.
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a “virtual bilateral” meeting before the end of the year, a senior United States official has said, as the countries boost diplomacy amid several points of tension.
There is an “agreement in principle” for the “virtual bilateral”, the official told reporters on condition of anonymity on Wednesday.
“The president said how nice it would be to see Xi, which he has not done for some years,” the official said. “We would expect them to have the ability to see one another, even if only virtually.”
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