President Joe Biden will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Monday.
This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Biden became President.
President Biden has made it a priority to keep lines of communication open with President Xi to responsibly manage the competition between the two major powers.
"The meeting between President Biden and President Xi will be an in-depth and substantive opportunity to better understand one another's priorities and intentions, to address differences, and to identify areas where we can work together," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a news conference.
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