Chinese officials are reportedly planning a possible trip by the president Xi Jinping to Southeast Asia in November, including a face-to-face meeting with the US President Joe Bidenthe Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

This would be Xi’s first trip abroad since the COVID-19 pandemic hit China in 2020 and his first face-to-face meeting with President Biden since the American leader’s inauguration.

The Biden administration has long sought and has yet to confirm a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders amid simmering tensions over Taiwan, trade and other issues.

A person familiar with the matter told the publication that the White House is still working towards an in-person meeting of leaders — including on the fringes of the Group of 20 nations in Indonesia in November.

However, a US official said: “We have no details as to when or where.”

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The developments came after Biden and Xi spoke virtually to each other in a two-hour and 15-minute phone call on July 28.

“The two leaders essentially discussed the fact that the United States and China have differences when it comes to Taiwan, but have managed it for over 40 years, and that maintaining an open line of communication on the issue is essential to So keep doing that,” a White House spokesman said.

Meanwhile, US Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell accused China of “overreacting” to the speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi‘s visit to Taiwan and used it as an excuse to try to change the status quo in the Taiwan Straits.

Calling it part of an “intensified pressure campaign” against Taiwan, Campbell said, “It is not over and we expect it to unfold in the coming weeks and months,” Campbell said Reuters.