The White House says President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen to discuss Iran and nuclear arms.
President Donald Trump will meet jointly with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Shenzhen, China, the White House has confirmed. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and will be the first trilateral meeting between the leaders of the three countries.
The White House said Trump plans to discuss the Iran war and nuclear arms at the meeting. A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that officials do not expect to reach any kind of agreement, describing the meeting as the start of a conversation. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump would address the threat of nuclear proliferation.
The last nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia expired in February. Trump rejected Russia’s proposal to extend it for another year and demanded a “new, improved and modernised” deal that includes China, according to Al Jazeera.
Trump will steer away from discussing Russia’s war in Ukraine during the trilateral meeting, according to a senior US official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.
Elon Musk will travel with Trump to China but will not attend the meeting, the official added. Trump is also not expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the Asia trip.
Trump and Xi will meet ahead of their meeting with Putin, but Trump and Putin will not be meeting one-on-one separately, according to ABC News. Trump’s trip to Shenzhen will be his second trip to China this year and his third meeting with Xi. Before the China leg, Trump will be in Manila for the ASEAN Summit.
Beijing and Moscow have yet to officially confirm participation in the trilateral summit, according to CNN.
The planned summit has drawn comparisons with the 1945 Yalta Conference, where the leaders of the US, Britain and the Soviet Union shaped the post-war order. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the parallel, saying any agreements reached in Shenzhen cannot be imposed on others, but he still called the meeting “extremely significant”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced concern that the meeting could become a platform to discuss a Ukraine deal behind Kyiv’s back.
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