China confirms Xi visit to US after Trump invite
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to the United States in September after accepting President Donald Trump’s invitation.
Wang said both sides should work together to create a suitable environment for the visit, state media reported.
The foreign minister said the relationship between China and the United States “is the most important and complex relationship in the world” and emphasized that diplomacy between leaders is the “guiding star” of the relationship.
He also noted that during talks between Xi and Trump in Beijing on Friday, both presidents agreed to maintain close contact through meetings, phone calls and correspondence.
At a state banquet in Beijing, Trump toasted his Chinese host and invited Xi to visit the White House with his wife Peng Liyuan on September 24.
According to state media, the two leaders also agreed to support each other in the organization of the informal meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders scheduled to be held in Shenzhen on November 18-19 and the G20 summit to be held in Miami on December 14-15.
The official visit to the United States will be the first by a Chinese leader in more than a decade. In September 2015, Xi was received by then-president Barack Obama before returning to Washington six months later to attend the Nuclear Security Summit.
with DPA
