Chinese President Xi Jinping made "
a serious mistake
" by not coming to the G20 meeting in Rome and the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
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"
I think it was a big mistake for China not to come
" and the Chinese president "
lost an opportunity to influence people around the world
," the US president said at a press conference concluding his own visit to the climate conference, considered to be capital.