Trump and South Korea's Lee discuss outcome of US-China summit

Trump and South Korea's Lee discuss outcome of US-China summit

By Jihoon Lee and Heejin Kim

Reuters

SEOUL, May 17 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ‌and U.S. President Donald Trump held a ‌phone call on Sunday and discussed the outcome of the ​U.S.-China summit meeting, the South Korean Blue House presidential office said in a statement on Sunday.

Trump shared with Lee results of his meeting with Chinese ‌President Xi Jinping, including ⁠U.S.-China relations, agreements over economic and trade issues and Korean affairs, as well ⁠as the situation in the Middle East, the Blue House said.

The Korean president found Trump and Xi ​had ​constructive talks over affairs ​on the Korean Peninsula, ‌it said.

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Trump told Lee that Trump would contribute to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula through close cooperation with South Korea, according to the Blue House.

Lee told Trump that the stable management ‌of U.S.-China relations would contribute ​to peace and prosperity in ​the region and ​the world. He also expressed his ‌hope to Trump for instant ​recovery of peace ​and stability in the Middle East, it said.

The two leaders also talked about the smooth ​implementation of ‌a bilateral trade deal signed last year, the ​statement added.

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee and Heejin ​KimEditing by Peter Graff)

 

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