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President Donald Trump has declared that he agreed to travel to China's capital in spring and invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for a official visit next year, after a telephone conversation between the two officials.

Trump and Xi—who convened recently in South Korea—talked about a series of matters including economic relations, the situation in Ukraine, fentanyl, and Taiwan, according to the president and Beijing's diplomatic corps.

"The U.S.-China ties is highly solid!" Trump stated in a social media update.

Beijing's press outlet published a statement that noted both nations should "keep up the momentum, keep moving forward in the right direction on the basis of fairness, respect and common gain".

Prior Engagement and Economic Agreements

The officials held discussions in the South Korean city of Busan in last October, subsequently they agreed to a truce on tariffs. The U.S. government decided to slash a 20% tariff by 50% intended to decrease the flow of opioids.

Tariffs stay on imports and are around nearly 50 percent.

"Since then, the China-US relationship has mostly kept a steady and positive trajectory, and this is welcomed by the both nations and the international community at large," the official comment added.

• The US then retracted a warning of 100% additional tariffs on Chinese goods, while China put off its plan to enforce its latest round of restrictions on rare earths.

Focus on Trade

The administration's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt commented that the Monday call with Xi—which lasted about an hour—was centered on commerce.

"The U.S. is happy with what we've seen from the Beijing, and they agree," she remarked.

Additional Issues

Besides talking about commerce, Xi and Trump discussed the topics of the conflict in Ukraine and Taiwan.

Xi told Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is vital for Beijing's perspective for the "post-war international order".

Beijing has been involved in a foreign policy clash with Tokyo, a U.S. friend, over the longstanding "strategic ambiguity" on the authority of self-governed Taiwan.

Earlier this month, Tokyo's head Sanae Takaichi commented that an eventual Chinese attack on Taiwan could compel a Japanese military response.

Trump, however, did not mention Taiwan in his social media update about the call.

The U.S. representative in Japan, George Glass, previously said that the US supports Tokyo in the aftermath of China's "intimidation".