Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit South Korea from October 30 to November 1 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Friday, without confirming a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Xi will deliver a speech at APEC and hold bilateral meetings with other leaders, including South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the ministry, said at a press briefing on Friday.
The White House said on Thursday that Trump would have a bilateral meeting with Xi on the morning of October 30.
When asked about the meeting, Guo said China would "release further information in a timely manner".
Officials from China and the United States are due to arrive in Malaysia on Friday for another round of trade talks to calm an escalating tit-for-tat trade war.
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