Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration

Kremlin says it has not received an invitation to swearing-in

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017. © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other foreign leaders to his inauguration next month in Washington, a Trump transition spokesperson said on Thursday, but experts said that Xi was not likely to attend.

Asked if Xi had responded, Karoline Leavitt told Fox News in an interview that was "to be determined." She did not name the other world leaders who were also invited.

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