President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping will speak in the “coming weeks,” the White House said, following two days of talks in China between national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
“Both sides welcomed ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication, including planning for a leader-level call in the coming weeks,” the White House stated in a readout released on Aug. 28.
It is uncertain whether Sullivan and Wang have discussed a possible in-person meeting later this year between Biden and Xi. The two leaders last met in person on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco in November last year….