WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is likely to make a stop in China in November during his first official visit to Asia, a US official said on Tuesday, a trip that will come amid tensions over North Korea's nuclear tests. Washington and its allies have said there is a growing urgency for China, North Korea’s top ally and trading partner, to apply more pressure on its already isolated neighbor to get it to back down on its nuclear weapons and missiles programs. Chinese President Xi Jinping had invited Trump to visit China during their meeting in April in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump is set to attend the US-ASEAN summit and the East Asia summit in the Philippines in November, as well as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam. In February, Trump accepted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's invitation to visit Japan by the end of the year.

Source: New Strait Times September 13, 2017 02:37 UTC