Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday held a phone conversation on high-level interactions between the two countries, a week before a planned summit between their leaders.

The foreign minister said Beijing and Washington should prepare for the next stage of high-level exchanges in the spirit of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit, with bilateral relations having moved forward.

President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the US next week to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump.

Wang and Rubio also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East. (Reporting by Xinhua)


Edited by Edmond Fong