TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Biden 'disappointed' that Xi set to miss G20
The United States has been working to restore a more effective working relationship, sending a series of senior officials to China in recent months despite continuing friction.
Change Size
United States President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet face to face ahead of the Group of 20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 14, 2022. (AFP/Saul Loeb )
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not attend the G20 summit in India this week, as Washington seeks to repair relations with Beijing.
Asked about Xi reportedly not planning to join the gathering in New Delhi, Biden told reporters, "I am disappointed, but I am going to get to see him," without elaborating.
Bilateral ties between the United States and China face a long list of problems, from trade disputes to Taiwan's future to the expansive Chinese presence in the South China Sea.
The United States has been working to restore a more effective working relationship, sending a series of senior officials to China in recent months despite continuing friction.
On Thursday a senior EU official said that Xi would not be at the G20, represented instead by Premier Li Qiang.
Xi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held rare face-to-face talks at the BRICS group summit in South Africa last month, but tensions also remain high between the Asian giants.
Relations between the world's two most populous countries have been in deep freeze since a Himalayan border clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops in 2020.
