US President Joe Biden agreed to meet ‘face to face’ with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in near future, as decided during the fifth phone call between them on Thursday, a senior White House administration official said.

The phone call comes amid heightened tensions between the geopolitical rivals with Beijing issuing warnings against US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s scheduled visit to Taiwan in August.Addressing a media briefing, House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “The two leaders had an in-depth discussion about Taiwan. President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to our One China Policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the Three Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances.”