China confirms Xi Jinping’s G20 attendance

President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit in Osaka this week, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, confirming his first visit to Japan since taking office in 2013, reported the South China Morning Post.

Xi will travel to Japan on Thursday and is expected to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the meeting of leading and emerging economies, which runs from Friday to Saturday.

Xi’s attendance at the G20 leaders’ summit and his meeting with Trump will be closely watched around the world as markets and analysts look for signs of where Sino-US relations might be heading.