Trump, Putin and Xi summit: Kremlin reveals when leaders will meet
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping (photo: collage)
US President Donald Trump, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks in Shenzhen on November 19, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to TASS.
"The trilateral summit between Putin, Xi Jinping and Trump will take place on November 19 in Shenzhen," Peskov clarified.
He has not yet revealed any further details.
It is currently known that the leaders plan to discuss a number of important issues, but not the Russia-Ukraine war. As it turns out, it is the Chinese leader who does not want to raise the topic.
The White House said that US President Donald Trump plans to discuss reducing nuclear arsenals with his counterparts during the meeting in China.
US administration spokesperson Olivia Wells noted that Trump considers the proliferation of nuclear weapons a serious threat.
According to Wells, Trump intends to discuss reducing nuclear weapons worldwide, as he believes their proliferation poses a significant danger.
The talks will take place in the Chinese city of Shenzhen as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Meanwhile, the US administration does not expect Russia's war against Ukraine to be discussed during the meeting. A White House official explained that Washington has recently been in active contact with Moscow, while Beijing is not involved in the relevant negotiation process.
"We have had many meetings with the Russians recently, but China is not really part of this process, so discussing Ukraine there does not seem appropriate," the official explained.
Trump also does not plan to hold a separate bilateral meeting with Putin. The issue of Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite communications, provided by Elon Musk's SpaceX, is not expected to be discussed either.
Musk himself will also travel to China with the US president, but he will not participate in Trump's talks with Putin and Xi Jinping.
Western media previously reported that the meeting between Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping could fall through due to disagreements over its format.
The Kremlin leader had also wanted to discuss ending the war in Ukraine during the meeting with his American and Chinese counterparts.
