Biden-Xi Call likely to take place in coming weeks, all thanks to Indonesia after playing host to G20 meeting

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Saturday, on July 9, 2022. - AP

JAKARTA, July 10 (Bloomberg): US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to speak again in the coming weeks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.

Blinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a day earlier for more than five hours to help lay the groundwork for a call between the leaders. While Biden said last month he would speak with Xi "soon,” Blinken suggested it was getting closer.