Summary
US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have agreed to resume high-level military communications, according to officials and reports.

China had severed this vital line after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in 2022. The US has been keen to restore it to avoid potential military clashes.

The meeting at a historic estate near San Francisco marks the first time the rival leaders have spoken in person in more than a year.

Relations plummeted when the US accused China of sending a spy balloon across its airspace earlier this year, but have since started improving.

The world leaders were also expected to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, international trade, fentanyl trafficking, and Taiwan.

Source: BBC

BDST: 0940 HRS, NOV 16, 2023 
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