Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 summit scheduled for this weekend in New Delhi, India. Instead, he will send Premier Li Qiang in his place, according to the nation's foreign ministry.
"As has been announced just now, Premier Li Qiang will lead a delegation to the New Delhi G20 Summit in India. The G20 is an important forum for international economic cooperation. China has all along attached great importance to and taken an active part in G20 events," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said during a Monday press conference.
Yet reports of Xi's absence have led President Joe Biden to comment that he was"disappointed," though he was committed to meeting with the Chinese leader at some point in the future. However, no date has been set. The summit had been widely seen as a probable moment for the two leaders to meet, but that has been dashed given Xi's decision not to attend.
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