Biden’s Invites to Virtual Climate Summit Include Putin, Xi
- White House invites 40 world leaders, including friends, foes
- Event would be Biden’s first presidential talks with Putin, Xi
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden included Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping among 40 world leaders he invited to a White House climate summit next month, showing he plans to include friends and foes in his administration’s first major international gathering.
The virtual summit will bring together 17 countries responsible for 80% of global emissions and gross domestic product, the White House said in a statement. It will be open to the public through a webstream, the White House said.