Biden denies China's Xi turned down meeting offer
![]() 1682 Wednesday, 15 September, 2021, 10:36 US President Joe Biden denied on Tuesday a media report that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, last week turned down an offer from Biden for a face-to-face meeting.The Financial Times cited multiple people briefed on a 90-minute call between the two leaders last week as saying Xi did not take Biden up on the offer and instead insisted that Washington adopt a less strident tone toward Beijing. "It's not true," Biden said when asked by reporters if he was disappointed that Xi did not want to meet with him.Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in a statement earlier on Tuesday that the report was "not an accurate portrayal of the call. Period." A source who was among those briefed on the call confirmed the report was accurate. "Xi apparently intimated that the tone and atmosphere of the relationship needed to be improved first," the source told Reuters. |
Lukashenko: Tomahawks will not resolve conflict in Ukraine but will escalate situation to nuclear war
18817:12London to fully lift arms embargo on Azerbaijan and Armenia
17512:05Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say (video)
19311:18Turkey says it prevented Netanyahu from travelling to Egypt summit
20310:41Trump confirmed his readiness to meet with Zelensky on October 17
19210:20Donald Trump arrives in Israel (video)
219Yesterday, 11:08Witkoff confirms he visited Gaza to ensure Israel complying with Trump’s ceasefire plan
26112.10.2025, 09:34Hamas says it will not attend formal signing of Gaza peace deal in Egypt
30512.10.2025, 09:10