Trump talks about reducing North Korea’s nuke capacities with Chinese head of state

President Trump on Wednesday spoke with President Xi Jinping of China about the” denuke of North Korea” as lawmakers in Washington received classified briefings on the threat.

” We had a very good dialogue with President Xi of China,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.” It lasted for about 45 minutes. He's very much in favor of the denuke of North Korea .”

The White House said Trump and Xi discussed North Korea's Sept. 2 exam of a” powerful nuclear device .”

” The two leaders denounced North Korea's latest provocative and destabilizing action and noted North Korea's current track is dangerous to the world and not in its own interest,” Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, said.” President Trump and President Xi committed to strengthen coordination and take further action with the goal of achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula .”

China's state news agency said Xi carried China's adamant posture about “resolving the nuclear issue through talks.”

PUTIN WARNS OF ‘GLOBAL CATASTROPHE' OVER NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS

While Washington necessitates backing from friends, cooperation with traditional antagonists China and Russia is more significant. The U.S. needs both to put the squeeze on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Both are economic partners of North Korea and veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.

Asked if he was considering military action against North Korea, Trump told reporters: “Certainly that's not our first choice, but we will see what happens.”

Meanwhile, members of the House and Senate were briefed on Capitol hill on Wednesday about security threats from North Korea, as well as developments in the situation in Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford and Director of National Intellience Dan Coats participated in the briefing.

” What we're discussing is diplomacy but it would be diplomacy backed up by these types of financial sanctions which are now being deployed,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce said outside the meeting.

Trump traded menaces with Pyongyang last month after it conducted two long-range weapon exam. At one point, he warned of “fire and frenzy like the world has never seen” if North Korea continued its dangers. At another, he credited Kim for a brief pause in rocket exams that aimed days later.

Fox News' Alex Pappas, Chad Pergram, Bree Tracey and The Associated Press contributed to this report .