Big politics at the GXNUMX: Biden is going to talk with Xi Jinping, and Rishi Sunak is going to have a showdown with Putin

The face-to-face talks will take place at a time when relations between the countries have fallen to their lowest level in decades. The presidents will meet on the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of the G20 summit. According to Biden, he previously spent a lot of time with Xi Jinping and "had frank conversations with him." Writes about it Sky News.

The President of the United States hopes to build a framework for relations between countries and ensure that there are rules in place to limit competition between them. At the same time, Biden does not plan to make any fundamental concessions during the meeting with his colleague and wants them to lay out their own "red lines".

It is noted that Biden will also be "undisputed" in his defense of Ukraine. China, meanwhile, avoids criticism of Russia, but continues to refrain from supplying weapons to the occupying country.

According to to Reuters, both leaders know each other well, having traveled over 17 miles together and spent 78 hours in meetings. The current presidents traveled to the US and China in 2011 and 2012.

Meanwhile, Beijing is frustrated that the Biden administration is arming economic policy and seeking to expand its ties to Europe and Africa. China also criticized the United States because of its position on Taiwan.

Xi Jinping suggested that Washington is trying to suppress the growing influence of Beijing, which is trying to overtake the US economy.

"The Biden administration will try to kill two birds with one stone - enlist China's support on issues such as containment of North Korea and climate change in order to create a certain basis for cooperation between China and the United States," Oriana, a Chinese expert at Stanford University, said. Skylar Mastro.

Another expert argues that China and the United States, as a result of the meeting of leaders, can restore some working mechanisms for bilateral consultations on trade and other issues.

Britain will challenge Putin? 

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to "challenge" Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Indonesia.

Sunak said Putin's war in Ukraine has caused devastation around the world, destroying life and throwing the international economy into chaos. The Daily Telegraph.

"This G20 summit is not going to be business as usual. We will challenge the Putin regime and expose its contempt for the type of international cooperation and respect for sovereignty that the G20 forums represent," he said.

Sunak also stressed that unlike Russia, Britain and its allies will work together to solve the world's problems.

We previously reported that expect Ukraine from the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.