MOSCOW / WASHINGTON, 15 Sep. US President Joe Biden, in an interview with reporters, denied media publications that Chinese leader Xi Jinping allegedly refused to hold a face-to-face summit with him. the summit, to which the Chinese leader refused, inviting Washington to soften its rhetoric towards Beijing. «Not true,» Biden said, answering the questions of the White House pool about whether the PRC chairman really rejected the offer to meet with him and whether the US president was disappointed the absence of such a meeting. Earlier it was reported that on September 10, the President of the PRC and the President of the United States had a telephone conversation. As noted by the White House, the leaders discussed issues of competition between the two countries and ways to prevent it from escalating into conflict.
Xi Jinping accused the United States of creating difficulties in relations with China
