US, China Presidents to meet in Bali Nov. 14 on regional, world issues
The two Presidents will discuss maintaining communication and competition management, regional and international matters, including the war in Ukraine, and the recent DPRK developments, but will not issue a statement on their meeting.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. (Photo: Reuters/Lintao Zhang)
US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping will be meeting on November 14 in Bali, Indonesia ahead of the G20 summit to discuss a variety of regional and global issues, including maintaining communication and competition management, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday.
“President Biden will meet with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Bali, Indonesia on November 14, 2022. The leaders will discuss efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication between the United States and the PRC, responsibly manage competition, and work together where our interests align, especially on transnational challenges that affect the international community. The two leaders will also discuss a range of regional and global issues,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
During their upcoming meeting, the two Presidents will discuss regional and international matters including the war in Ukraine and Pyongyang's latest missile launches, a senior administration official told reporters on Thursday.
"I expect them to discuss a range of regional and global issues to include Russia’s war in Ukraine and recent DPRK provocations," the official said. "I think the President will be honest and direct with President Xi about how we see the situation in Ukraine with Russia's war of aggression and our concerns about, you know, what we are seeing and hearing from Russia."
Read: US, China discuss relations, war in Ukraine: State Dept
However, the US and Chinese Presidents are not planning to issue any sort of a joint statement following their meeting, a senior US administration official said on Thursday.
“There's not going be a joint statement of any sort here, and, you know, this is really not a meeting. that is being driven by deliverables,” the official said during a press briefing.
It is worth mentioning that last Saturday, the DPRK fired four short-range ballistic missiles off its west coast, the South Korean military said, as quoted by Japanese news agency Kyodo News.
On November 1, the DPRK issued a warning to the United States and South Korea against continuing their joint military drills, vowing a more powerful response to US provocations.
"The situation in the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity has entered the serious confrontation phase of power for power again due to the ceaseless and reckless military moves of the US and South Korea," North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a Monday statement that was carried by the country's official KCNA news agency.
"If the US continuously persists in the grave military provocations, the DPRK will take into account more powerful follow-up measures," the statement added.
