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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping meeting a step closer, says US

Wang Yi and Antony Blinken shake hands after their a bilateral meeting at the state department in Washington.
Wang Yi and Antony Blinken shake hands after their bilateral meeting at the state department in Washington. The ground is being prepared for a meeting between the US and Chinese presidents, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, American officials have said. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

The US and China have agreed to work towards setting up a meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping after the US president met with China’s foreign minister on Friday.

Biden has invited Xi to San Francisco in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. The Chinese president has not yet confirmed he will come.

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