# Full text: Xi addresses welcome ceremony at White House

https://mins.news/en/item/73349

- CGTN, 2026-09-24 16:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-25/Full-text-Xi-addresses-welcome-ceremony-at-White-House-1QHWGdHGw9i/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a White House welcome ceremony hosted by Donald Trump. He called for stronger communication, sincere cooperation and peaceful coexistence between China and the United States, including expanded work on artificial intelligence, counternarcotics, direct flights and military crisis communication, while saying the Thucydides Trap can be overcome.

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