British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (November 16th) on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia, a first in nearly five years for leaders of the two countries with increasingly strained relations, Downing Street announced. .
Rishi Sunak, who came to power at the end of October, will call for
"a frank and constructive relationship"
between London and Beijing, a spokesperson said in a statement as issues of tension have accumulated in recent years, from Hong Kong to the human rights situation in Xinjiang.