19 November 2011
Last updated at 06:11 ET
The meeting was the final engagement of Mr Obama’s trip to Asia
US officials have praised China’s attitude on South China Sea territorial disputes after talks between Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Barack Obama.
The two men met on the sidelines of an East Asia summit in Indonesia.
A senior US official described China’s response as “constructive”.
The meeting came after spats between Beijing and Washington over trade, currency and territorial rights in the South China Sea.
The sea holds potentially vast reserves of oil and gas, and is an important shipping route.
China lays claim to the whole of the sea, while other South East Asian nations claim parts of it.
The talks took place as the last engagement of Mr Obama’s nine-day visit to Asia.
He has been focused on boosting US influence in the region at a time when China wields growing power.
