[Regnum] Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President-elect Donald Trump held a telephone conversation, Xinhua reported on Friday, January 17.
"Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday," the statement said.
No further details are provided.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 16, 2024, Xi Jinping announced Beijing's readiness to work with the Trump administration. He emphasized that China is interested in maintaining stable relations with the United States.
The following day, at a meeting with outgoing US President Joseph Biden, the Chinese leader noted that the discrepancy between statements and actions on the part of the American authorities could lead to Beijing losing confidence in Washington.
On December 13, it became known that Xi Jinping will not attend the inauguration of the US president-elect in January 2025. China will be represented at the event by a “high-level delegation.”
On January 15, at a hearing in the US Senate, CIA director nominee and former director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe said that US intelligence should focus on China as the main threat to Washington.
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