▲ U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of the 23rd (local time).
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the United States early this morning for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The special aircraft carrying President Xi landed at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C., at around 5:40 p.m. Eastern Time on this day.
President Xi was accompanied by his wife, First Lady Peng Liyuan.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump came out to the airport in person to welcome President Xi and his wife as they stepped off the plane.
President Xi will hold a summit with President Trump at the White House on the afternoon of the 24th.
A state dinner hosted for President Xi and his wife will be held at the White House that same evening.
President Xi is scheduled to wrap up his three-day, two-night state visit after completing his itinerary through the 25th.
This visit is a state visit.
This marks President Xi's first visit to the United States as a state guest in 11 years, since 2015 during the administration of then-U.S. President Barack Obama.
This is the third meeting between the leaders of the two countries since the launch of the second Trump administration, following their meetings in Busan last October and Beijing this May.
President Xi's trip to the U.S. serves as a return visit for President Trump's trip to China in mid-May, bringing the leaders of the two nations—who are locked in a global hegemony competition—face-to-face once again after four months.
Many observers expect that President Trump and President Xi will focus on stably managing bilateral relations during this summit.
The talks are expected to center on extending the "trade truce" agreed upon last year following a tariff war.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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