U.S. President Joe Biden and #China's President Xi Jinping are scheduled to hold a virtual summit next week, although no specific date has been set, according to people familiar with the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The exact date of the summit is still being negotiated, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. The session won’t address the issue of whether the U.S. consulate in Chengdu and the Chinese consulate in Houston will reopen.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre had reiterated Monday that there was “an agreement in principle” for a virtual meeting “before the end of the year.”
“This is part of our ongoing efforts to responsibly manage the competition between our countries,” she told reporters, and is “not about seeking specific deliverables.”
A Xi-Biden meeting would also follow a key meeting of the Communist Party’s Central Committee in Beijing this week. That gathering is expected to help smooth the way for Xi to secure a third term as party leader next year.
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