Washington, Oct. 24 -- US President Donald Trump is set to begin on late Friday a three-nation tour of Asia with a visit to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where he will attend the ASEAN summit before proceeding to Japan and South Korea and will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the three-nation tour, the White House said.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told a press conference on Thursday that Trump will meet with Xi on the morning of October 30 in South Korea before heading back to Washington.

Trump is due to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday (October 26) morning, the spokeswoman said. The country will be chairing annual meetings of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its partners.

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