Trump talks with Xi about North Korea

washington - Donald Trump held telephone consultations with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about North Korea. The American president said that via Twitter on Saturday. He wrote the name of his interlocutor in capitals and wrong.

'President XI XINPING and I have long discussed the meeting with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. President XI told me that he appreciates that the US is working on a diplomatic solution to the problem instead of going the path of the ominous alternative, 'said Trump's tweet.

Trump had the French President Emmanuel Macron on the line Friday. According to the White House, their maintenance was also about North Korea and the new American import tariffs for steel and aluminum.