U.S. President Joe Biden is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week during the G20 summit in Indonesia to discuss a number of issues, including Taiwan and the Ukrainian-Russian crisis.
“We expect this meeting to be an in-depth and substantive conversation between the leaders aimed at better understanding one another’s priorities and intentions,” a senior Biden administration official told reporters on a call.
The two leaders meet on Monday ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali.
“I expect the president will be honest about a number of our concerns,” the official added.
Moreover, the official stated that Biden will voice concerns about harmful economic practices, Chinese activity that “threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, as well as our long-standing concerns about human rights violations.”
Biden has told reporters at the White House that he wants to address the increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing.
“What I want to do with him when we talk is lay out what each of our red lines are and understand what he believes to be in the critical national interests of China, what I know to be the critical interests of the United States,” Biden said. “And determine whether or not they conflict with one another.”
The two leaders have spoken five times during Biden’s presidency and previously discussed a face-to-face meeting during a two-hour call in late July.
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