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Trump spoke with Xi Jinping for the first time since winning the election – UNIAN
Trump said he spoke with Xi last week.
Newly elected US President Donald Trump said that he had his first conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since his election victory. According to Bloomberg, in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Trump said he “talked” with Xi last week, but did not specify when the conversation took place or what was discussed.
“I had an agreement with President Xi, with whom I get along very well,” Trump said.
As the publication notes, Trump's statements indicate that contacts at the highest level have resumed between Beijing and the Trump team.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning at a regular press conference in Beijing on Monday, answering a question about communication between the two…
