President Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping about North Korea and trade on Tuesday.
The leaders agreed on the importance of continued sanctions on pressure on North Korea until it follows through on its intention to denuclearize and shut down its missile development programs, according to the White House summary of the call.
Trump also stressed the importance of having fair trade deals between the U.S. and China that don’t take advantage of American workers, according to the White House. Jinping reportedly stressed that the two countries should find a way to resolve their disagreements on the issue.
Trump tweeted about the call early on Tuesday.
Trump in a tweet called Xi his “friend,” and said “relationships and trust are building” with North Korea.
“I will be speaking to my friend, President Xi of China, this morning at 8:30,” the president wrote on Twitter. “The primary topics will be Trade, where good things will happen, and North Korea, where relationships and trust are building.”
The conversation comes after Xinhuanet, China’s official state media, reported that Xi met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday and Tuesday in one of China’s northeastern provinces. Trump and Xi discussed that meeting on the call, the White House said.{mosads}
Trump is slated to hold his own summit with Kim in the coming weeks. While the Trump administration has yet to disclose a date and time, the president has floated both Singapore and the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea as potential venues.
A potential future meeting between Trump and Kim would follow Kim’s historic meeting last month with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, during which Kim said his country would give up its nuclear weapons should the United States vow not to invade.
During that meeting, Kim crossed into the south for the first time.
-Josh Delk contributed to this post which was updated at 1:08 p.m.