Jan. 17 (UPI) — President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed a number of issues in a phone call on Friday.
“This call has been very positive, both for China and the United States,” Trump said in a report on his Truth Social account. “I hope we will solve many disorders and many other disorders together. President Xi and I will do everything we can to make the world safer and nonviolent. “
The statement said the United States needs to approach the “Taiwan question” with “prudence” along with “sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The Biden administration and Chinese leaders are at odds over Taiwan, where the outgoing president at one point said the United States would use military force if China attacked it, and over navigation rights in the South China Sea.
Confrontation and clash do not deserve to be an option for the two countries,” the Chinese said. “The two sides deserve to stick to the principles of mutual respect, non-violent coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation, work more together, do more important things . , practical and intelligent things that the two countries and the world.
In a separate statement, Xi announced that Vice President Han Zheng will attend Trump’s inauguration ceremony in a show of mutual respect and that China is prepared to work more closely with the United States.