▲ President Lee Jae Myung (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in conversation ahead of their summit talks in South Korea's southeastern city of Gyeongju on Oct. 29, 2025, in this file photo provided by the presidential office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

(LEAD) Lee-Trump-phone call

(LEAD) Lee holds phone call with Trump on results of recent U.S.-China summit

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SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss the results of Trump's recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cheong Wa Dae said.

The phone talks were arranged at Seoul's request to hear about the recent U.S.-Chinese summit and lasted 30 minutes, the presidential office said.

Trump shared the outcome of his summit with Xi, and then the leaders held sincere discussions on issues related to peace on the Korean Peninsula and the smooth implementation of the joint fact sheet, the office said, referring to the countries' bilateral trade deal reached last year.

The Lee-Trump call came as Seoul and Washington grapple with a range of pending issues, including the envisioned transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul and Seoul's push to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

The call marked the second phone talks between the two leaders since their first call on June 6 last year, two days after Lee was sworn in as president. It was also their first direct communication since their summit in the southeastern South Korean city of Gyeongju in late October.

Trump returned home following his three-day visit to Beijing that ended Friday.

Trump and Xi discussed a wide range of issues, including trade and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The two earlier said they have agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open.

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