BEIJING (AFP)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump discussed bilateral cooperation in a phone call on Monday, Beijing's state news agency Xinhua reported.

Xi told Trump that the two countries should "maintain momentum in ties" after the two leaders met last month in South Korea, according to Xinhua.

Xi told Trump on Monday that the "successful" meeting in South Korea "helped calibrate the course and inject momentum into the steady forward movement of the giant ship of China-US relations", Xinhua reported.

Since the meeting, China-US ties have "remained stable and have continued to improve, which has been widely welcomed by both countries and the international community", Xi added.