October 30, 2025 | 06:49 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chinese President Xi Jinping commended American President Donald Trump for his efforts in promoting peace as the two leaders met in the port city of Busan, South Korea, on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
"You care a lot about world peace, and you're very enthusiastic about settling various regional hotspot issues. I appreciate your great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement," Xi told Trump, as reported by Anadolu.
Xi also highlighted Trump's role in facilitating the peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, which was signed last Sunday after the two Southeast Asian nations were involved in deadly border clashes in July of this year.
The meeting marked the first face-to-face encounter in six years between the leaders of the world's two largest economies. Xi and Trump last met in June 2019 at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.
"The world today is confronted with many tough problems. China and the US can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world," Xi said to Trump.
Acknowledging differences, the Chinese leader remarked, "Given our different national conditions, we do not always see eye to eye with each other, and it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then."
Xi also recognized that the Chinese and U.S. trade teams, who had met several times, including in Malaysia last weekend, had made encouraging progress toward building a strong foundation and positive atmosphere for bilateral talks.
"In the face of winds, waves and challenges, you and I at the helm of China-US relations should stay the right course and ensure the steady sailing forward of the giant ship of China-US relations," Xi emphasized.
Xi and Trump were in South Korea ahead of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in the southeastern South Korean city of Gyeongju, which Xi will also attend. Trump had held meetings with APEC business leaders on Wednesday.
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