Biden says he's 'disappointed' China's Xi reportedly will skip upcoming G20 summit in India
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President Biden remarked to media in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, that he was "disappointed" Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly will skip the G20 summit.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Aug. 22 that Biden will travel to New Delhi, India, from September 7-10 to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Biden and Xi last met at the prior G20 summit hosted in Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022.
Washington-Beijing relations have taken a nosedive since then, after a Chinese spy craft traversed the continental United States earlier this year. Biden has sent several diplomats and even Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to China in recent months in an apparent effort to smooth tensions. Yet, the U.S. president had stood by his categorization of Xi as a "dictator" despite Beijing's outcry, including during a question and answer period alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in June.