In a meeting this past weekend in Bangkok with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan again brought up the topic.
Wang offered Sullivan the same assurance Xi had given Biden months prior — that Beijing would not meddle in the American election this fall, the source said.
The White House National Security Council declined to comment on whether election interference came up in the Biden-Xi and Sullivan-Wang meetings.
CNN has reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment.
Last week, a senior National Security Agency official told reporters that the agency had not yet seen signs of any notable new foreign influence operations aimed at the 2024 election.
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