A meeting between incumbent US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru’s capital, on Saturday.
Officials told reporters that President Biden wants to discuss military-to-military interaction between the two countries.
Biden is likely to emphasise the importance of maintaining peace and security in the Taiwan Strait and express concern over China’s actions in the South China Sea.
The US president is also expected to express deep concern over the increased co-operation between Russia and North Korea.
The leaders are also expected to discuss bilateral cooperation in the fight against drugs. Fentanyl overdoses are a serious problem in the US. There have been several cases where fentanyl manufactured using materials originating in China has been smuggled into the US.
Biden and Xi Jinping last met on November 15, 2023 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in San Francisco.
China, commenting for the first time on the recent US election, said it hoped for continued peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence. Beijing declined to comment on Donald Trump’s threats to increase tariffs on Chinese goods.
Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with Trump the other day. The Chinese leader hailed the Republican on his victory in the US presidential election.
