Biden, Xi agree to schedule ‘face-to-face’ summit: US official 

    • US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in a phone call on Thursday to schedule what would be their first in-person summit since Biden took office.
    • US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in a phone call on Thursday to schedule what would be their first in-person summit since Biden took office. PHOTO: AFP
    Published Fri, Jul 29, 2022 · 06:30 AM

    US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in a phone call on Thursday to schedule what would be their first in-person summit since Biden took office, a US official told reporters.

    They “discussed the value of meeting face-to-face and agreed to have their teams follow up to find a mutually agreeable time to do so,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. AFP

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