Obama calls Xi, top US officials headed to China

March 15, 2013 01:53

US President Barack Obama on Thursday called up his new Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to congratulate him on taking up his new position and discuss future of bilateral ties between the two countries.

The telephone call between the two leaders comes in the wake of flurry of exchange of words between the US and China on the alleged cyber-attacks emanating from China, some of whom, Obama alleges are state sponsored.

During the call, Obama told Xi that he is sending his new Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to Beijing next week and the Secretary of State John Kerry too would be travelling to the country on his first Asia trip in the coming weeks.

The White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, told reporters at his daily news conference that Obama congratulated Xi on his new position.

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