President Joe Biden on April 2 held a phone call with Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping as tensions between Washington and Beijing remain elevated.
The call is the first contact between the two leaders since meeting in Woodside, California, last November and is their first phone call since July 2022.
“At Woodside, the two leaders agreed to maintain regular open lines of communication to responsibly manage competition and prevent unintended conflict,” a senior Biden administration official said. “This phone call really is just part of that ongoing effort.”
The official described the call as a “check-in” and added that there would not likely be any major breakthroughs or announcements….