Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone on Wednesday with Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister and top diplomat, the State Department said. They talked about President Donald J. Trump’s coming trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China. They also talked about the planned visit by China’s leader, President Xi Jinping, to Florida for the G20 summit.

According to the department’s summary of the call, the two officials “recalled the bilateral leader-level commitment to a constructive relationship of strategic stability on the basis of respect, fairness, and reciprocity.” They “agreed on the importance of meaningful leader-level conversations to advance goals such as peace and denuclearization, including at any potential trilateral leaders meeting with Russia,” the summary said. The department said China asked for the call.

China’s Foreign Ministry called the call “positive and constructive.” In its account, Wang said China was ready to strengthen communication and cooperation with the United States. He said China was ready for the two sides to support each other in hosting the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and the G20 Summit. Reuters noted that the Chinese account did not mention denuclearization or a three-way summit with Russia.

The president is scheduled to travel to the APEC summit next week, Reuters reported. Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that work was underway to set up a meeting of President Trump, Xi and Russia’s leader, President Vladimir Putin, during the summit, according to Reuters. The president said on Sunday that he thought he would meet Xi and Putin in Shenzhen, Reuters reported.