Rubio: Odds high Trump will meet with Chinese president

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after meeting with a senior Chinese official in Malaysia Friday that a summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely later this year.

Mr. Rubio told reporters in Kuala Lumpur following the meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a senior Chinese Communist Party national security leader, that no date for a summit was discussed or has been set.

“But the reason why I tell you there’s a high probability they’re going to meet is that they both want to meet, and I don’t know President Xi [Jinping] but I know President Trump, and I can tell you that he’s committed to having that meeting happen,” Mr. Rubio said. “So the reason why I think there’s high odds of it happening is they both want it to happen. “

U.S. and Chinese officials are working to set a date for the summit and to make sure any meeting between the two leaders is “as productive as possible,” he said.

Mr. Rubio said the Chinese did not raise the issue of large Taiwanese military drills now being held.

“I think the Chinese position on Taiwan has been expressed,” he said. “I don’t

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