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President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Monday morning that Beijing was willing to continue communicating with Washington on issues regarding the Korean peninsula.
Xi said he and Trump had had in-depth communication and reached important consensus when they met in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, earlier this month.
Xi-Trump summit ‘beats expectations’ but North Korea still a big divide
“We have improved understanding and I have established good working relations with [Trump],” Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.
Beijing looked forward to Trump’s state visit to China, the president said.
The North Korean nuclear issue could be resolved only when relevant parties took up their responsibility, Xi said.
He also called for restraint from all parties when dealing with the issue.
On Monday morning, Trump also had a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding North Korea.
How Trump-Xi talks in Mar-a-Lago were influenced before a word was said
“I had an in-depth exchange of views with President Trump about the situation in North Korea,” Abe told reporters after the leaders’ third such conversation this month.
Both calls to Xi and Abe were pre-scheduled and initiated by the United States.
Pyongyang said on Sunday it was ready to sink a US aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess.


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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: AP

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US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed in telephone talks Monday morning to keep urging North Korea, which continues to pursue nuclear weapon and ballistic missile development, to exercise self-restraint. Photo: AP

In this April 15, 2017, photo, soldiers carrying rockets march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fresh off an immense North Korean parade that revealed an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, rival South Korea and its allies are bracing for the possibility that Pyongyang's follow-up act will be even bigger. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on April 15, 2017. Sean M. Castellano/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File photo ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY