US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping might meet in San Francisco next month as the White House is planning for a November meeting between the two leaders, as per media reports.This meeting comes in the light of strained relations between the US and China and is an attempt to stabilize relations between the two countries, according to senior administration officials.“Its pretty firm” that there will be a meeting, said one administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the engagement has not yet been announced formally. “Were beginning the process” of planning, the official said Another senior official said that the US President is looking forward to meeting, Jinping but nothing is confirmed yet, the Washington Post reported.White House planning November meeting between Joe Biden, Xi JinpingRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/Wso9DRco5S#WhiteHouse #JoeBiden #XiJinping pic.twitter.com/H7oFvzvkQD— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) October 6, 2023Chinese Foreign Minister to visit White HouseThe Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is also scheduled to visit the US capital Washington in the coming weeks. The US senior officials have said that only after this visit the plans will become clearer.“China and the US are in communication on bilateral engagement and exchange,” said Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, in an e-mail. “Both sides,” he said, “need to work in the same direction, clear obstacles and manage differences with concrete actions, and enhance dialogue and expand cooperation in good faith.”According to media reports, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have never had a face-to-face meeting with each other except for the brief meeting on the sidelines of G20 in Bali, Indonesia last year in November. The meeting scheduled in November will be the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the two largest economies if it proceeds according to the plan.
