China Urges U.S. to Ensure ‘Positive’ Outcome of Trump-Xi Meeting
- Teams working to follow through on the leaders’ Nov. 1 call
- China says it wants to ‘follow through the spirit’ of the call
Donald Trump, with Xi Jinping in Nov. 2017.
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China’s foreign ministry urged the U.S. to work toward a positive outcome of a planned meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit this week.
Officials from both nations are working to follow through on a Nov. 1 phone call between the two leaders during which they agreed to reach a “mutually acceptable proposal,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters in Beijing on Tuesday. He didn’t provide any further details.