“At the invitation of President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, President Xi Jinping will attend the 17th G20 Summit in Bali from November 14 to 17,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hua Chunying announced.
Similarly, the spokesperson stated that following the invitation of the Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Chinese president will attend the 29th Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation from November 17-19. APEC) in Bangkok.
In this sense, the diplomat noted that apart from both, Xi Jinping will hold meetings with his peers from France, Emmanuel Macron; United States, Joe Biden; Senegal, Macky Sall and Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, among other leaders.
The next meeting between Xi and Biden will be the first in person after the US election, as it will take place in a context that has been tempered by the exacerbation of the contradictions over Taiwan.
The White House chief specified that, “When we speak, I want to define what our red lines are, understand what he considers to be the critical national interests of China, and what I consider to be critical interests of the United States, and to determine if they are in conflict.”
This will be the second visit of the Chinese head of state in 2022 after his participation last September in the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand when he visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
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