President Joe Biden will meet Saturday with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, a senior Biden administration official said Wednesday.

It will be the third — and likely last — sit-down between the two leaders during Biden’s presidency. 

Biden is expected to take stock of his efforts over the past four years to manage the United States’ complicated relationship with China and track the progress of commitments he and Xi made when they met almost eactly one year ago in Woodside, California, also on the periphery of the annual APEC meeting. 

“Throughout his time in office, President Biden has emphasized the importance of responsibly managing one of the world's most consequential relationships,” the administration official said. “And from the very beginning of this administration four years ago, President Biden made it clear the United States would advance and protect our interests at home and abroad. And the framework of this administration’s China policy — invest, align, compete — has remained constant over the last four years.”

Meanwhile, Biden has worked to ensure that competition between the two world powers does not veer into conflict, the official added.

At last year’s meeting, Biden and Xi agreed to cooperate on a number of fronts, including military-to-military communication on all levels, defense policy coordination talks and notification to each other before intercontinental ballistic missile test launches.

The administration official said progress was made in each of those areas, but Biden will emphasize to Xi the importance of maintaining such coordination with the incoming Trump administration.

“That cooperation can be an important stabilizing force in the relationship,” the officials said.

The official declined to answer questions about how Trump’s return to the White House might impact U.S.-China relations. On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to implement steep tariffs on Chinese imports.

During Biden’s presidency, the United States and China have also held talks that spurred action on mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence, combatting climate change and cracking down on illicit drugs in China with the aim of reducing the amount of fentanyl smuggled into the U.S.

Biden, however, is expected to confront Xi about China’s support for Russia in its war against Ukraine and voice concerns about the deployment of 10,000 North Korean troops to aid Russia in the conflict, the administration official said.

“We are increasingly concerned about the consequences for longer-term stability in both Europe and the Indo-Pacific of this deployment,” the official said.

The American president also is expected to warn Xi against China launching cyber attacks against U.S. infrastructure, threatening Taiwan or countries along the South China Sea, and engaging in unfair trade policies and non-market economic economic practices. 

Biden is also likely to stress the importance of respect for human rights and call for the release of U.S. citizens wrongfully detained in China, the official said.