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101 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a furniture gathering astatine the White House successful Washington, September 6, 2022.
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters
President Joe Biden said helium would "see" Chinese President Xi Jinping if the chap satellite person besides attends the upcoming G-20 Summit successful November.
"If he's there, I'm definite I'll spot him," Biden said Tuesday erstwhile asked if helium would conscionable with Xi.
The summit, held successful Bali, Indonesia this year, is the yearly gathering of the world's largest economies. Both Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are readying to be the conference, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said successful an interrogation with Bloomberg News.
Xi has not near the state since Jan. 2020, earlier the Covid-19 pandemic.
Biden and Xi antecedently discussed gathering astatine the G-20 during their July 28 call, which took spot amid heightened tensions implicit House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's travel to Taiwan. The Wall Street Journal antecedently reported that Chinese officials were readying a gathering betwixt Xi and Biden successful Southeast Asia successful November.
