Rubio has 'positive' meeting with China's Wang at ASEAN talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday he had a "positive" meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of ASEAN talks in Malaysia.

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said "And we acknowledged, you know, there are some issues that are going to be, we have to work through, not just beyond trade, but others. But I thought it was a very constructive and positive meeting. It gave us a lot to work on. So that was our message, was the opportunity here to achieve some strategic stability and identify areas where we can cooperate together on and build better communications and a working area, working trust."

Rubio also expressed confidence that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would happen.