U.S. official "Biden to discuss North Korea's participation in Xi Jinping"...China "doesn't comment"

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a summit in Peru on the 16th, which is expected to be the last of Biden's presidency.

A senior U.S. government official said in a press briefing that President Biden will meet with President Xi on the 16th in the wake of his attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru.A senior official at

said on the agenda of the talks that President Biden told President Xi he was deeply concerned about China's support for Russia over the war in Ukraine and would also raise the issue of North Korean troops sent to Russia.

"The United States is increasingly concerned about the consequences of North Korea's dispatch of troops to Europe and the long-term security of the Indo-Pacific," he said.

China's foreign ministry has not taken a separate stance on North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia and discussions at the G20.

"At the G20 summit, Ukrainian allies say they are trying to put pressure on China over North Korea's dispatch, but what is China's position on sending North Korea and how to deal with such pressure?" Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Zhen said at a regular briefing.