U.S senior officials have hinted that Biden will be meeting President Xi Jinping and military cooperation between the two countries will be a priority in the discussions.

The leaders will be meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that the U.S. is hosting. The Biden-Xi summit will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two presidents since they met last year in Bali, Indonesia.

It’s a positive sign for the rocky U.S.-China relationship and follows a wave of increased engagement between American and Chinese officials. The administration already has sent several high-ranking officials to Beijing this year, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

Biden is “determined to take the necessary steps” to re-establish military communication channels with Beijing, said the senior administration official, who spoke to reporters Thursday evening on the condition of anonymity.

The administration believes the step will inject more stability into the relationship and lower the risk of a military miscalculation.