BEIJING: China hopes the US can meet it halfway to “prepare for high-level interactions” between the two countries, foreign minister Wang Yi told US secretary of state Marco Rubio during a phone call today, according to an official Chinese readout.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have “long-standing exchanges and respect each other”, Wang said, calling Xi and Trump’s relationship “the most valuable strategic asset in China-US relations”.
The call came ahead of an expected meeting between Xi and Trump in South Korea later this week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) CEO Summit.