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Urgent: Obama says looking forward to attending 2016 G20 summit in Hangzhou, China

Xinhua, November 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. President Barack Obama said here Monday that he looks forward to attending the 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) summit to be held in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The United States is willing to work with China closely to ensure the success of the meeting, scheduled for Sept. 4-5, Obama told Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the ongoing 10th G20 summit in this Turkish resort city. Endi