President Biden will meet with Chinese language President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, senior administration officers advised reporters Wednesday.
Senior administration officers count on it to be Mr. Biden’s final assembly with Xi as president. This can be their third in-person assembly since Mr. Biden took workplace. The 2 leaders final met in individual one yr in the past, in Woodside, California.
The assembly comes as Mr. Biden seeks to stabilize the Indo-Pacific area and handle competitors with China forward of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
A senior administration official on a name with reporters Wednesday did not disclose what Mr. Biden would say to Trump about China of their White Home assembly Wednesday. Trump is contemplating China hawks for his administration, together with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, for secretary of state.
Mr. Biden is scheduled to depart for Peru Thursday. In his assembly with Xi, Mr. Biden plans to take inventory of how the U.S. and China have labored collectively within the final 4 years on points together with army communications, counternarcotics and synthetic intelligence, senior administration officers mentioned. Mr. Biden additionally plans to carry up Russia, as Xi’s relationship with Russian President Vladmir Putin grows.
