Friday, 07/04/2017 17:04 (GMT+7)
US President Donald Trump on April 6th received Chinese President Xi Jinping for the very first time.
(Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)
The Chinese leader and his spouse, Peng Liyuan, were greeted at Palm Beach International Airport by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and a military honour guard.
Mr. Xi Jinping and his wife joined Trump for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate, their first encounter before talks on April 7th.
China's Xi is the second world leader to visit Trump's Florida resort after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travelled there in February.
The meeting kicked off amid suggestions the Trump Administration was considering military action against Syria, as it deliberated on how to respond to a chemical attack that killed more than 80 people.
The US President pointed to the crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a top priority in the meetings with Mr. Xi, telling reporters that he thinks China will “want to be stepping up” in trying to deter DPRK’s nuclear ambitions.
Trump and Xi were expected to get into more detailed discussions about trade and foreign policy issues on April 7th, concluding their summit with a working lunch./.
Compiled by BTA