CHINESE President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare plane-side greeting from US President Donald Trump at Andrews Air Force Base.This was the first time since 1962 that a US president has personally welcomed a foreign leader at the base, signalling the importance that the Trump administration has placed on the visit, which ends on Friday.In 1962, then-president John F Kennedy greeted British prime minister Harold Macmillan.

CHINESE President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare plane-side greeting from US President Donald Trump at Andrews Air Force Base.

This was the first time since 1962 that a US president has personally welcomed a foreign leader at the base, signalling the importance that the Trump administration has placed on the visit, which ends on Friday.

In 1962, then-president John F Kennedy greeted British prime minister Harold Macmillan.

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