'Inauguration next week' Trump calls Chinese President Xi Jinping... "very good call"

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will be inaugurated as U.S. president next week, spoke by phone and discussed pending bilateral issues, including trade issues.

"I spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping," Trump said on social media platform Truth Social. "It was a very good call for both countries."

"We also discussed trade, fentanyl, TikTok and many other topics," he said, adding, "President Xi Jinping and I will do our best to make the world more peaceful and secure."

China's foreign ministry also confirmed the call between President Xi Jinping and Trump, saying Xi "congratulated President Trump on his re-election and hoped that Sino-U.S. relations would get off to a good start to the new U.S. president's term.""China is two major powers with different countries, and some differences are inevitable, but it is important to respect each other's core interests and grave concerns and find a way to properly solve the problem," President

said in a phone call. "The Taiwan issue is a matter of China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity and must be handled carefully by the U.S. side."

"The nature of China-U.S. economic and trade relations is mutual interest, and confrontation and conflict should not be an option," he said.

In addition, the leaders of the U.S. and China exchanged views on major international issues such as the war in Ukraine and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

At the same time, the leaders of the two countries agreed to establish a strategic communication channel to maintain constant contact on important issues of common interest, the Chinese foreign ministry said.