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Was on phone call with Xi Jinping for two hours: US President Joe Biden

| @indiablooms | Feb 12, 2021, at 04:51 am

Washington/IBNS:  US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that he made his first conversation over a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since taking office.

The US President said the phone call lasted two hours.

"Last night, I was in the phone for two straight hours with Xi Jinping," Biden told reporters.

According to reports, Biden challenged President Xi Jinping on human rights, trade and regional muscle-flexing during the call.

The call is seen as setting the tone for the US-China relationship.

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