Biden, Xi planning 'virtual bilateral' meeting by end of year — White House(FILES) This file combination of pictures created on June 8, 2021, shows US President Joe Biden (L) speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on June 2, 2021; and Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking on arrival at Macau's international airport on December 18, 2019. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to meet by video link "before the end of the year," a senior US official said on October 6, 2021. The virtual meeting was announced after US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met in Zurich with China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi. During that meeting Yang called for the two countries to work together, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua. Biden, who has known Xi for years, has held two phone calls with the Chinese leader since becoming president.

Source: Philippine Star October 06, 2021 22:18 UTC