In a telephone conversation with the US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. leader Donald Trump that resolving North Korea tensions should be achieved peacefully, Voice of America reports citing to the Chinese state media.
The telephone conversation comes nearly a week after after face-to-face talks at a summit in the U.S. state of Florida.
The White House has not yet issued its account of the conversation.
Previously Trump used Twitter to reiterate his calls for China to help rein in North Korea.
"North Korea is looking for trouble," Trump wrote. "If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them!"
In another message posted minutes earlier, Trump said he told Xi terms of a trade deal would be better for China "if they solve the North Korea problem."