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Xi Jinping and Trump Hold First Phone Call Since November Ahead of Inauguration

Jan 17, 2025, 01:45 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, according to reports from China's state news agency Xinhua and other media outlets. The phone call between the two leaders comes three days before Trump's inauguration and is their first conversation since Xi's congratulatory call in November. Details of the conversation were not immediately disclosed. Trump had previously invited Xi to attend his inauguration, but Xi declined.