Trump lauds ‘outstanding’ relationship with Xi

Palm Beach: President Donald Trump said Friday he has developed an "outstanding" relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting with the leader of a nation Trump has criticized as a menace to the United States, reports AP.The widely anticipated meeting of the leaders of the world's two largest economies was largely overshadowed by the U.S. missile strikes at Syria. Those strikes added weight to Trump's threat last week to act unilaterally against North Korea's weapons program.
Trump said in a brief appearance before reporters that he and Xi made "tremendous progress" in their first face-to-face talks and that he believe "lots of very potentially bad problems will be going away."
He did not elaborate on the progress or the problems. But the two days of talks at Trump's private estate in Florida were expected to focus on what Trump has described as China's unfair trade practices and inadequate efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile program. Xi said the delegations covered important topics and have established a good friendship and working relationship. He said he believes the U.S. and China can continue to develop the relationship, noting that it's the historic responsibility of both countries to work toward peace and stability.
The U.S. announced the missile barrage shortly after Trump and Xi wrapped up dinner Thursday. The strikes were retaliation against Syrian President Bashar Assad for a chemical weapons attack against civilians caught up in his country's long civil war.China has sided with Russia at the United Nations in opposing condemnation of Assad's government but has not become directly involved in the conflict.
On Friday, China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China opposed the use of chemical weapons by any party under any circumstances but didn't comment on the U.S. attack. The timing of the attack could send a message to the Chinese.

 

Trump lauds outstanding relationship with Xi

Palm Beach: President Donald Trump said Friday he has developed an outstanding relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting with the leader of a nation Trump has criticized as a menace to the United States, reports AP.The widely anticipated meeting of the leaders of the worlds two largest economies was largely overshadowed by the U.S. missile strikes at Syria. Those strikes added weight to Trumps threat last week to act unilaterally against North Koreas weapons program. Trump said in a brief appearance before reporters that he and Xi made tremendous progress in their first face-to-face talks and that he believe lots of very potentially bad problems will be going away. He did not elaborate on the progress or the problems. But the two days of talks at Trumps private estate in Florida were expected to focus on what Trump has described as Chinas unfair trade practices and inadequate efforts to halt North Koreas nuclear weapons and missile program. Xi said the delegations covered important topics and have established a good friendship and working relationship. He said he believes the U.S. and China can continue to develop the relationship, noting that its the historic responsibility of both countries to work toward peace and stability. The U.S. announced the missile barrage shortly after Trump and Xi wrapped up dinner Thursday. The strikes were retaliation against Syrian President Bashar Assad for a chemical weapons attack against civilians caught up in his countrys long civil war.China has sided with Russia at the United Nations in opposing condemnation of Assads government but has not become directly involved in the conflict. On Friday, Chinas Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China opposed the use of chemical weapons by any party under any circumstances but didnt comment on the U.S. attack. The timing of the attack could send a message to the Chinese.