Jakarta, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their first in-person meeting today since the US president took office nearly two years ago.

President Xi and President Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the Group of 20 summit of large economies, before they sat down for what was expected to be a conversation lasting several hours.

“As the leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation,” President Biden said to open the meeting.

President Xi said he hoped they would “chart the right course for the China-US relationship” and that he was prepared for a “candid and in-depth exchange of views” with President Biden.

Source: Oman News Agency