White House announces date for Trump-Xi Jinping talks

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next Thursday, October 30, during his trip to South Korea, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting in the South Korean city of Busan. The talks will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

"On ​​Thursday morning local time, President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and then return to Washington," Leavitt said.

It is noted that President Trump plans to leave for Malaysia late Friday evening, October 23, and then visit South Korea, where he is scheduled to meet with Xi Jinping.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on September 19, US President Donald Trump said that he had a "very productive" phone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping regarding the end of the war in Ukraine, a personal meeting and the sale of the social network TikTok.

On September 19, Trump said that if European countries imposed sanctions or tariffs against China, this could force Beijing to pressure russia to end the war in Ukraine.

On September 9, Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, during a visit to Beijing, called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his close relations with the aggressor country of russia to establish peace in Ukraine.