US says leader talks vital, including trilateral summit
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Summary
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call on Wednesday, November 11, to discuss China-US relations and upcoming interactions between their leaders. According to the US State Department, the call covered President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to China for the APEC summit and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Florida for the G20 summit. The US side said both officials reaffirmed a commitment by their leaders to build a constructive and strategically stable relationship based on respect, fairness and reciprocity. They also agreed that meaningful leader-level dialogue is essential to advancing peace and denuclearisation goals, including in any possible trilateral leaders’ meeting with Russia.
Key Points
- Wang Yi, a member of the Communist Party Politburo and China’s foreign minister, spoke by phone with Rubio on Wednesday, November 11
- The US said Trump is due to travel to China for the APEC summit, while Xi is expected to visit Florida for the G20 summit.
- CRHK reported the informal APEC summit will open in Shenzhen next Wednesday, framing the leaders’ contacts around that meeting
- The US statement said the two sides reaffirmed leader-level commitment to a constructive strategic stability relationship based on respect, fairness and reciprocity.
- Both sides agreed meaningful dialogue between leaders is crucial for peace and denuclearisation, including any possible China-US-Russia leaders’ summit.
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong readers, the planned APEC and G20 leader interactions point to a period of active high-level diplomacy between Beijing and Washington rather than a diplomatic freeze. Any sustained leader-level channel, especially one that could extend to Russia, may affect the wider strategic climate shaping regional markets, trade expectations and political risk watched closely in Hong Kong.