U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offers a media briefing through the ASEAN International Ministers’ Assembly on the Conference Heart in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan /POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the opportunity of a gathering between President Donald Trump and Chinese language chief Xi Jinping after an trade along with his Chinese language counterpart on July 11.
Rubio met with China’s overseas minister, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Discussion board in Malaysia. Though the 2 high diplomats had spoken by cellphone in January, it marked their first in-person assembly since Rubio assumed workplace earlier this yr.