Trump to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews in rare airport welcome

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US President Donald Trump will personally greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews when Xi lands in Washington next Wednesday, a rare airport reception, a US official confirmed on background. Trump will attend Xi’s arrival ceremony at Andrews, where the Chinese president’s aircraft is expected around 4pm local time on September 23. The president almost never meets visiting heads of state at the airfield, as he typically waits at the White House. The gesture is not a perfect mirror of Trump’s May 13 arrival in Beijing, where Xi did not come to the tarmac. The visit includes a state arrival ceremony, a formal dinner on September 24, and Xi’s departure on September 25.


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