Trump plans to meet with Putin and Xi Jinping next Thursday - NYP
Illustrative photo: Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping (RBC-Ukraine collage)
US President Donald Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping as early as next week. At least one topic will be discussed, The New York Post reports.
According to the outlet, the trilateral summit will take place next Thursday, November 19, on the sidelines of the annual APEC conference in Shenzhen, China. The discussions are expected to focus primarily on developing a nuclear arms control agreement.
A White House official told the outlet that the discussions could also cover the wars in Iran and North Korea.
It is worth noting that earlier on Sunday, Trump announced his visit to China and all but confirmed plans to hold a summit involving the three countries.
"One of the meetings, I think, will be with President Putin and President Xi, and that’ll be interesting. We’ll talk a lot of things, including denuclearization, but we’ll be talking a lot of things. We’re trying to end the war in Iran, and we’re doing well," the US president told reporters.
What else is important to know
The Wall Street Journal reported a few days ago that the trilateral summit between Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping could be at risk of falling through.
The reason is that the US and China disagree on the format of the trilateral meeting. Beijing insists that the meeting be strictly structured, with prepared statements to be read aloud, while Washington wants a more informal format that would allow the three leaders to exchange views more freely.
We also reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov recently said that the expected trilateral meeting would not fully resolve the entire range of issues surrounding Russia's war against Ukraine.
For more details on why Putin's best-case scenario at the summit with Trump and Xi Jinping may be limited to a group photo, read the RBC-Ukraine material.
