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BEIJING, November 11, 2026 – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held “positive and constructive” phone talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported, with Beijing saying it wants to strengthen communication and cooperation with Washington.
According to Xinhua’s account, the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on China-US relations and on the interaction between the two heads of state. No US readout of the call was found in the reports reviewed, so the description of the conversation below comes from the Chinese side.
Wang said President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States in September was smooth and successful. The two presidents agreed to enrich the connotation of a new vision of China-US relations, he said, providing clearer strategic guidance for exploring the right approach for the two countries to get along.
The stable momentum of China-US relations has not come easily, Wang said, and it reflects the two major countries’ rational choice based on their respective and common interests. He said China had maintained a stable and consistent policy towards the United States.
China is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with the US side, properly handle differences and sensitive issues, and support each other in hosting the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and the G20 Summit, Wang said. He called for efforts to bring a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability into effect and to deliver results, according to Xinhua.
The call comes days before the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen, China, where Xi and US President Donald Trump are expected to hold talks, Firstpost reported. The same outlet said discussions were also under way on a possible trilateral meeting involving Trump, Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit. Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that efforts were being made to organise such a meeting and that Trump wanted it to take place. “We think it should be possible,” he said.
The two diplomats have spoken before. Xinhua reported that on July 1 Wang told Rubio in a phone conversation that the two countries should stay on the right course towards a constructive bilateral relationship of strategic stability, a concept it said was set out when Xi and Trump met in Beijing in May. On that occasion Wang also urged the United States to handle Taiwan-related issues with extra prudence, and both sides described the call as positive and constructive.
The Wednesday call, as described by Xinhua, did not mention Taiwan, trade or the war involving Iran, and gave no new announcements. It nonetheless signals that both governments are keeping channels open ahead of the leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen.
Source: Reuters, Xinhua, CGTN and Firstpost
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