Asked about Mr Xi’s absence from the meeting in New Delhi, Mr Biden told reporters “I’m disappointed, but I’ll be able to see him,” declining to elaborate.
US President Joe Biden expressed disappointment on Sunday at the absence of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping from the G20 summit to be held in India this week, however, assuring that he “will be able to see him”.
Asked about Mr Xi’s absence from the meeting in New Delhi, Mr Biden told reporters “I’m disappointed, but I’ll be able to see him,” declining to elaborate.
In recent months, Washington and Beijing have resumed dialogue, with a series of visits by top US officials to China, led by US foreign policy chief Anthony Blinken.
But bilateral relations remain strained, with disputes over trade, the Taiwan issue and what the US calls China’s expansionism in the South China Sea remaining thorny.
On Thursday, a senior EU official said that Mr Xi would not attend the G20, that China would be represented by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
The Chinese president and India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a rare face-to-face meeting during the BRICS summit in South Africa last month, but tensions also remain high in the relationship between the two Asian giants.
Source :Skai
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