“I think that in the next ten days I will talk (by phone. -
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) with Chinese President Xi Jinping,” TASS quoted him as saying during a conversation with reporters at the Andrews military base near Washington.
Earlier, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the United States maintains channels of communication with China.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang noted that relations between China and the United States have not yet overcome the difficulties that appeared during the presidency of Donald Trump, but Beijing hopes that positive signals from the current American administration will translate into concrete actions.