UPDATE 2-No breakthrough in Trump-Xi summit ups ante for next meeting, UN chief says

A meeting between ‌the leaders of ​the world's two biggest economies last week may have lowered tensions but achieved no breakthrough, the ‌UN's Secretary-General said on Wednesday, raising the stakes for a visit by China's Xi Jinping to Washington later this year.

While Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump ‌did not agree in Beijing to extend a fragile trade truce that ‌expires later this year, Trump heaped praise on the Chinese leader and invited him to visit Washington in September. "Let's be clear, no major breakthrough was achieved and so the visit of ⁠President ​Xi to Washington ⁠gains an enormous importance," United Nations chief Antonio Guterres told a press conference in Tokyo.

Xi's visit ⁠in September coincides with the UN General Assembly, raising the possibility that the Chinese ​leader could address the gathering in person for the first time ⁠since 2015. The UN chief welcomed that possibility but gave no indication about whether such plans ⁠were ​afoot.

Guterres previously warned that the UN faces "imminent financial collapse" due to unpaid dues, largely from the U.S., the world's top contributor. Those debts, across peacekeeping ⁠and regular budgets, amount to more than $3 billion, Guterres said, adding that he ⁠would continue to ⁠insist Washington pay its dues and not ask countries like China and Japan to make up for shortfalls.

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