Donald Trump and Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: Reuters.

China has said President Xi Jinping and visiting United States President Donald Trump on Thursday discussed ways to work more closely in combating terrorism as well as in "upholding peace and stability" in South Asia and "reached a consensus" on the same.

"What I know is that the two sides also discussed the anti-terrorism issue and the upholding of peace and stability in South Asia and reached a consensus in this respect", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters, after the two leaders held wide-ranging talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and signed business deals with a value estimated at $250 billion, according to officials.

"In terms of fighting terrorism, we share common interests. The two countries stand ready to work with other parties for strong anti-terrorism cooperation", Hua said.

After their talks, President Trump told reporters that both leaders were committed to working together in Afghanistan and "stopping radical Islamic terrorism".

TRILATERAL TALKS ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION

Meanwhile, in another development, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that officials from China, Afghanistan and Pakistan had on November 7 held a tri-lateral dialogue on anti-terrorism cooperation in the South Asian region.

In an interview to Chinese state broadcaster China Global Television Network on Wednesday, Trump's National Security Adviser General (retd) H.R. McMaster had highlighted the potential for closer counter-terrorism cooperation and on "combating trans-national terrorist threats that emanate from particular areas of the world."

"Now with the ISIS about to be defeated, Daesh is soon going to be wiped out. Iraq and Syria, for example, are losing their haven and support base. More and more effective operations are being launched against the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. We have an opportunity to improve our intelligence sharing, our law-enforcement efforts and our counter-terror finance efforts. And so these are just some of the many areas where US interests and Chinese interests are very much aligned and will allow us to work even more closely together", he said.

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