White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said US President Joe Biden would like to see Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in India in September. TASS.
“He definitely wants to see President Xi Jinping on the fringes of the G20 and encourages him to go” [на саммит]But it’s clearly up to Xi Jinping to decide,” Kirby said during the online briefing.
Previously NBC News, citing sources knowledgeableHe said Biden and Xi Jinping are unlikely to hold formal talks at the G20 summit in New Delhi.
August 31 in the media information revealed That Xi Jinping may miss the G20 summit in India. According to Reuters, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will go to New Delhi instead of the Chinese leader. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the forum in person, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend the meeting instead.
Xi Jinping last met with Biden on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia last November.
Formerly Biden named China is a “time bomb”.