- US leader earlier said summit with China’s Xi could be delayed, pending help on Strait of Hormuz
Beijing said on Monday it is in talks with Washington over a visit by US President Donald Trump expected this month.
“China and the United States are maintaining communication regarding President Trump’s visit to China,” Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, told a press conference, without addressing Trump’s recent pressure on NATO allies and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington has said Trump will visit China from March 31 to April 2, although Beijing has yet to confirm those dates in line with its usual practice.
Trump said an upcoming summit in Beijing with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be delayed, as the US president seeks help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war.
“We’d like to know before (the summit),” Trump said in an interview published Sunday with the Financial Times, adding that “we may delay,” without specifying how long.
AFP
