Next Biden–Xi Call Likely in the Spring: U.S. Official

Published on January 27, 2024

WASHINGTON—The next call between U.S. President Joe Biden and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping is likely to occur in the spring, according to a U.S. senior administration official. She didn’t disclose a specific date at the press call on Jan. 27. She added that the United States and China would launch a working group on counternarcotics on Jan. 30. In addition, military maritime consultative agreement meetings will also occur at the minister-secretary level this spring, followed by military talks between theater commanders and at minister-secretary levels. Beijing re-opened its recurring cabinet-level communications with Washington when Mr. Biden and Xi met at the Woodside Summit in California last November. The two leaders agreed on resuming military-to-military communication and collaborating on curbing fentanyl flow into the United States as well as addressing artificial intelligence-related risks....

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