President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan, and Ukraine, according to the White House and Chinese officials.
Xi told Trump that Taiwan's return to mainland China is "an important part of the postwar international order," according to China's official news agency Xinhua.
A White House official confirmed the call happened on Monday morning but offered no details.
The conversation came after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently said her military could get involved if China were to take action against Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing says must come under its rule.
Xi in the phone call said China and the U.S., which fought together during the war, should "jointly safeguard the victorious outcome of World War II."
The two leaders also discussed trade, but the Chinese statement did not reveal any concrete agreements on matters such as purchases of American soybeans.
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