Chinese and US foreign ministers discuss leaders’ contacts and bilateral ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone on November 11 about bilateral relations and contacts between their countries’ leaders. The US said they discussed Donald Trump’s planned trip to China for next week’s APEC summit and Xi Jinping’s planned trip to Florida for next month’s G20 summit. A possible trilateral meeting with Russia remains uncertain.
On November 11, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone about China-US relations and contacts between the two countries’ leaders. The US State Department said they discussed Donald Trump’s planned trip to China next week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and Xi Jinping’s planned trip to Florida next month for the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. The two ministers reaffirmed their leaders’ commitment to building a constructive, strategically stable relationship based on mutual respect, fairness and reciprocity.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 13, 2026.（VietVance）
Wang said the understandings reached by the two leaders during Xi’s visit to the United States this September had set a direction for bilateral relations. He said the current momentum toward stability had been hard won, expressed a willingness to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and manage differences appropriately, and called on both sides to help ensure that the 2026 APEC and G20 leaders’ meetings produce results.
The US State Department said both sides believed substantive exchanges between their leaders could advance goals including peace and denuclearization, and mentioned the possibility of a trilateral summit with Russia. China’s statement on the call did not mention denuclearization or a trilateral summit. Rubio said on November 10 that the parties were working to arrange a meeting between Trump, Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the APEC summit. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the parties recognized the possibility of a meeting but had not reached a specific agreement on the meeting or its agenda.
In September this year, Trump and Xi agreed in Washington to extend by two months a trade truce that had been due to expire in November. Differences over tariffs, China’s purchases of US goods, rare earth exports and technology restrictions remain unresolved. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on November 10 that the two countries would pursue a new dialogue mechanism on artificial intelligence (AI), while acknowledging their differences as they seek to manage the technology’s risks and compete for leadership in AI.
Source: VietVance
