Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 15 (Reporters Yang Yijun and Sun Yi) On the morning of May 15, President Xi Jinping held a small-scale meeting with US President Trump in Zhongnanhai.
In late spring and early summer, Zhongnanhai is filled with shades of green and lush vegetation. When Trump arrived, Xi Jinping warmly welcomed him. While walking and talking, the two heads of state stopped from time to time to admire the tall and vigorous ancient trees and roses of various colors in the garden.
Xi Jinping pointed out that President Trump's visit is a historic and landmark visit. We jointly determined the new positioning of China-US constructive strategic and stable relations, reached important consensus on maintaining stable economic and trade relations, expanding practical cooperation in various fields, and properly addressing each other's concerns, and agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on international and regional issues. The visit is conducive to promoting mutual understanding, deepening mutual trust, and enhancing the well-being of the two peoples. This also shows once again that China and the United States can achieve peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation and find a correct way to get along on the basis of mutual respect, which is what the people of the two countries hope for and what people around the world hope for. President Trump hopes to make America great again, and I am committed to leading the Chinese people to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. China and the United States can promote their respective development and revitalization by strengthening cooperation. Both sides should implement the important consensus we reached, cherish the current hard-won good momentum, keep the right direction, eliminate interference, and promote the stable development of bilateral relations.
Trump said that he was very grateful to President Xi Jinping for inviting me to Zhongnanhai. This visit to China is a very successful one, attracting worldwide attention and unforgettable. The two sides have reached a series of important consensuses, reached a number of agreements, and solved many problems, which are very beneficial to both countries and the world. President Xi Jinping is an old friend of mine. I respect President Xi Jinping very much and we have established a good relationship. US-China relations are very important and will definitely get better and better. I am willing to continue to maintain sincere and in-depth communication with President Xi Jinping, and warmly look forward to receiving President Xi Jinping in Washington.
The two sides also exchanged views on some regional hot issues.
Cai Qi, Wang Yi, He Lifeng and others participated in the above activities.
