Xi to attend climate summit

Beijing, April 15: Chinese President Xi Jinping will join an online French-German climate summit “at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron”, Beijing's foreign ministry said Thursday.

The virtual discussions with the key European Union nations — to be held on Friday — come as US envoy John Kerry is in China for environment talks.

Kerry is not expected to meet with Xi, on a trip which has so far taken place behind closed doors.