WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese language President Xi Jinping and different international leaders to his inauguration subsequent month in Washington, a Trump transition spokesperson mentioned on Thursday.
Requested if Xi had responded, Karoline Leavitt instructed Fox Information in an interview that was “to be decided”. She didn’t identify the opposite world leaders who have been additionally invited.
“That is an instance of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of nations that aren’t simply our allies however our adversaries and our rivals, too,” she added. “He’s keen to speak to anybody and he’ll at all times put America’s pursuits first.”
The Kremlin individually on Thursday mentioned that it had not obtained an invite to attend the Jan. 20 inauguration.
The provide for Xi to attend Trump’s swearing-in was prolonged in early November, shortly after the Nov. 5 presidential election, in keeping with CBS Information, which first reported the invitation on Wednesday.
The Chinese language embassy in Washington didn’t reply to a Reuters request for touch upon Wednesday.
