Xi calls for cooperation with US after Trump’s airport welcome – as it happened

The Chinese president began a three-day visit to Washington, with a host of vital topics to be discussed This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. On this first day of Xi’s three-day trip, he was met at the military airstrip by Trump himself, in an extraordinary break from protocol that Xi did not afford the American president on his trip to Beijing. In a written statement published after his arrival, Xi said the two countries “should be partners rather than adversaries” and foster a “stable relationship defined by cooperation as the mainstay”. Reporting by Teresa Frontado, Mark Magnier, Lucy Quaggin, Nayan Seth, Han Li, Khushboo Razdan, Vincent Chow, Holly Chik, Siqi Ji and Dewey Sim All times given in blog entries are Eastern Time (UTC-5, HKT-13)

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