US President Joe Biden to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in November: White House
Biden will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Tuesday (local time). She said that Biden looks forward to the meeting.
While addressing a press briefing on Tuesday (local time), Karine Jean-Pierre said, «We've been talking about the President, who said he was looking forward to meeting with President Xi.
And so, I'm not going to get into details about this meeting that's going to happen in November next month. It's going to be in San Francisco. It's going to be a constructive meeting.
The President's looking forward to it.»
When asked again if the meeting was happening, Jean-Pierre responded, «Yes.» However, she refused to divulge details regarding the agenda of the meeting.
Other reporters then pressed Jean-Pierre on whether she just confirmed the meeting will happen. Jean-Pierre said, «What I'm saying is that we're aiming to have a constructive conversation meeting between the leaders in San Francisco in November so that's what I'm saying.
That's what is going to happen in San Francisco in the next month, in November. We are having a constructive conversation in San Francisco. I think I just confirmed it.»
Karine Jean-Pierre said that the US has been clear with its policy with respect to China and called it «intense competition.» She said that Biden will have a «tough but important» conversation with Xi Jinping.
