Biden, Trump to meet at White House on Wednesday

FILE: Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner. (Photo By Carol M. Highsmith/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain)

By Anadolu, Philippine News Agency

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden will meet President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, a spokesperson said on Saturday.

“At President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday at 11:00 am,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

The planned meeting comes after Trump, a Republican, won the Nov.

5 presidential election against his Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris.

The spokeswoman added that more details on the meeting will follow.