US President Joe Biden has expressed confidence in meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this year, despite the series of sharp criticisms he directed against Beijing on several occasions.

In remarks following his meeting with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, Biden said that he expects and hopes to follow up on their conversation in Bali this fall, expressing his confidence in achieving that.

US media reported that Biden also intends to invite Xi in November to San Francisco when the United States holds a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which includes China. The two leaders are also likely to meet next month in New Delhi on the sidelines of the Gp20 Summit.

US President had considered, in statements earlier this month, China a "ticking time bomb," due to the economic problems it faces, after he had previously described Xi as a "dictator", prompting China to denounce these comments, which came in the wake of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to Beijing.

The first meeting between Biden and Xi was in November 2022 on the Indonesian island of Bali, where they agreed to work together to manage tensions between the two largest economies in the world.

Source: Qatar News Agency