The White House won't say whether President Biden plans to press China's Xi Jinping on the origins of COVID-19. Biden will meet with Xi in person next week.
declined to say whether President Biden will press Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the origins of COVID-19 during their in-person meeting next week.
"Certainly, we will share the conversation and what came up. The president has always been clear on getting to the bottom of COVID and has been very clear in reports that we have put out on the origins of COVID as well. But I'm just not going to get ahead of that conversation," she added. Chinese President Xi Jinping sits down with representatives of teachers and students during a visit to Renmin University of China in Beijing, April 25, 2022.
Biden and Xi are expected to discuss efforts on how they will deepen lines of communication between Washington and Beijing as tension between the two nations remains high, the White House said Thursday.
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