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Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in a rare meeting

2023-11-15 22:45:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in a rare meeting
Biden hosted Xi at a secluded estate outside San Francisco

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a rare one-on-one meeting with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

The two leaders are in San Francisco for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Biden said the purpose of the meeting was to "understand each other."

"As always, there is no substitute for face-to-face discussions," he said, adding that he and Xi "have not always agreed" in the past.

Xi later told Biden that "planet Earth is big enough for both countries to succeed."

He said that protectionism has weighed on the global economy.

The first meeting of leaders since November 2022 was held away from the APEC summit at the Filoli estate, a site miles from San Francisco chosen for its safety, tranquility and remoteness.

White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby said he expected a "productive discussion" that would lead to "much more communication and dialogue between our two teams going forward."

Kirby listed a number of topics Biden intended to raise with Xi at the meeting, which marks the Chinese leader's first time in the United States since 2017.

They include "tensions in the Taiwan Strait" and the human rights situation facing Uyghurs in Xinjiang province, Kirby said Wednesday.

Kirby said earlier that the two leaders are likely to discuss other geopolitical issues such as North Korea's missile tests, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's fight against Hamas, which the US and other governments classify as an organization terrorist./ CNA





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