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Rubio, Wang hold phone call before Trump-Xi meeting next week
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Rubio, Wang hold phone call before Trump-Xi meeting next week

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone call to finalize preparations for an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen, China.

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The call serves as a preparatory step for an upcoming summit between the leaders of the US and China in Shenzhen.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday to finalise preparations for next week’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen, China.

“The two heads of state agreed to enrich the connotation of a new vision of China-US relations, providing clearer strategic guidance for exploring a right approach for the two countries to get along with each other,” Chinese state news agency Xinhua quoted Wang as saying.

“The stable momentum of China-US relations has not come easily and is the two major countries’ rational choice based on their respective and common interests.”

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  • US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet in Shenzhen next week.

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