Trump will break protocol and personally meet Xi Jinping at Andrews Air Force Base
Such a gesture from the President of the United States would be a demonstration of deep respect
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US President Donald Trump will break 60-year-old protocol and personally greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Andrews Military Base during his state visit to the US.
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Xi Jinping is visiting the United States on a state visit from September 23 to 25.
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US President Donald Trump will break protocol and personally meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Andrews military base.
Such a gesture from Trump would be a demonstration of deep respect.
MOSCOW, September 23 - RIA Novosti. For the meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump will break the protocol that has been observed for about 60 years and for the first time since the presidency of John F. Kennedy will personally meet the leader of another country at the Andrews military base near Washington, the Financial Times writes.
Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. Earlier, the head of protocol of the American administration, Monica Crowley, said that Trump would personally meet Xi Jinping on the tarmac, which would be a rare gesture on his part.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump will meet Xi Jinping at Andrews Air Force Base... in a departure from six decades of protocol. It will be the first time a US commander-in-chief has personally greeted a world leader at the base since John F. Kennedy met British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on the tarmac in 1962.
As the Financial Times notes, this gesture will be a demonstration of deep respect.
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