Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in North Korea with U.S President Donald Trump on a telephone call on Wednesday, China’s state broadcaster said.

Xi stressed that a resolution of tensions on the Korean peninsula should be achieved by peaceful means. The phone call came a week after Trump and Xi met face-to-face for the first time at a summit in Florida.

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