Wang Yi holds 'positive, constructive' call with Rubio

Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a "positive and constructive" call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported, with Beijing expressing willingness to strengthen communication and cooperation with Washington. The talks come roughly a week ahead of the Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, where Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are expected to meet. The current stability in China-US relations has not come easily, Wang said, calling it "a rational choice made by the two major countries based on respective and shared interests," the Xinhua report said. The Xinhua report quoted Wang as saying that China, having maintained a stable and consistent policy towards the United States, is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with Washington, properly handle differences and sensitive issues, support each other in hosting the 2026 Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting and the G20 Summit, and work to bring a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability into effect and deliver results. Xi and Trump have met twice already this year and Rubio told reporters on Tuesday there was work underway to arrange a trilateral meeting on the Apec sidelines involving Xi, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rubio said Trump wants that meeting to happen and added:...