Obama faces tense meetings at G20 summit in China

US President Barack Obama has arrived in China to attend his final Group of 20 (G20) summit and hold tense meetings with several world leaders, including with the summit's host, Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Air Force One, the aircraft specifically designed for transporting US presidents, landed in Hangzhou, the host city of this year's G20 meetings, just after 2 pm local time.

During his 11th trip to Asia as president, Obama faces several complicated issues during the summit, where leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies are expected to have a tough talk about how to stimulate the sluggish global economy and push ahead against climate change.

Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes says Obama will have a tough talk with Xi on human rights, tensions around maritime disputes in the South China Sea, cyber attacks, monetary policy and theft of intellectual property.

On Sunday, Obama is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where they will have their first discussions following a failed coup attempt in Turkey to overthrow him in July.

Senior White House officials said Obama will not officially meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, although a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit is likely.

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