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Leader Donald Trump has declared that he will travel to the Chinese capital in the month of April and extended an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping for a official visit next year, following a discussion between the two leaders.

Trump and Xi—who held talks about a month back in South Korea—talked about a variety of topics including trade, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the opioid crisis, and the island of Taiwan, according to the U.S. leader and Beijing's diplomatic corps.

"The U.S.-China ties is extremely strong!" Trump posted in a online message.

China's state news agency published a comment that said both countries should "keep up the momentum, keep moving forward in the positive way on the basis of equality, esteem and mutual benefit".

Previous Meeting and Economic Agreements

The leaders convened in the South Korean city of Busan in last October, after which they reached a ceasefire on trade taxes. The United States opted to cut a import tax in half targeting the flow of the drug fentanyl.

Trade taxes continue on products from China and stand at nearly 50 percent.

"From that point, the China-US relationship has generally maintained a stable and upward path, and this is greeted positively by the each side and the international community at large," the Beijing's announcement said.

• America then pulled back a potential imposition of double tariffs on Chinese goods, while Beijing postponed its plan to implement its new set of limits on mineral exports.

Commerce Discussions

The administration's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt commented that the recent conversation with Xi—which went on for an hour—was centered on commerce.

"We are satisfied with what we've observed from the Chinese, and they share that sentiment," she remarked.

Broader Topics

In addition to talking about economic matters, Xi and Trump discussed the subjects of the Ukraine war and the Taiwan situation.

Xi informed Trump that the island's "integration into China" is critical for Beijing's perspective for the "world order following wars".

The Chinese government has been involved in a diplomatic battle with Tokyo, a U.S. friend, over the longstanding "strategic ambiguity" on the control of self-governed Taiwan.

Earlier this month, Japan's leader Sanae Takaichi commented that a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan could lead to a reaction by Tokyo's army.

Trump, though, did not mention the island in his Truth Social post about the call.

America's envoy to Tokyo, George Glass, noted before that the United States supports Japan in the context of Beijing's "pressure".