Xi reaffirms cooperation with Singapore, Thailand in phone calls to PMs

Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29, 2019. - File photo from Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information

BEIJING (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping had phone conversations on Tuesday (July 14) with the prime ministers of Singapore and Thailand on deepening regional cooperation and jointly fighting the novel coronavirus, among other topics.

In his conversation with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Xi congratulated Lee on leading the People's Action Party to victory in Singapore's recent general election.