Xi Jinping stressed the need to avoid conflict in dealing with North Korea in the Chinese president’s second phone call with Donald Trump on Wednesday after the latter deployed an aircraft carrier group to waters near the Korean peninsula this week.
The two heads of state, who met last week for a two-day summit in Florida, discussed North Korea during a call in which, according to state broadcaster CCTV, Mr Xi emphasised that China would “stick to realising the goal of peninsula denuclearisation and maintain the peninsula’s peace and stability”.
He noted to the US president that China wished to “solve the issue in a peaceful way” and wanted to stay in contact regarding the North Korea issue, according to CCTV. Mr Trump today warned in an interview with Fox Business Network that he was sending an “armada” to the Korean peninsula.