Trump plans trilateral summit with Putin and Xi in China

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 9 Nov, 07:29 · Archive

Donald Trump said he expects to meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at an Asia-Pacific summit in China next week.

Donald Trump said on Sunday that he expected to meet Russian and Chinese leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for 18–19 November. 'I'm going to be going to China, and one of the meetings I think will be with President Putin and President Xi, and that'll be interesting,' Trump told reporters. 'We'll talk a lot of things, including denuclearisation, but we'll be talking about a lot of things. We're trying to end the war in Iran.'

The Kremlin acknowledged on 21 October that trilateral talks between the three leaders were 'being prepared'. Euronews reports that the Wall Street Journal had previously reported Putin wanted the three-way talks to broker a peace deal in Ukraine favourable to Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, said: 'I think it will happen. The question is the format and the content.' If the meeting occurs, it would be historic, though the three leaders' divergent interests make substantive discussion unlikely.

How it is being reported

• Trump, Putin and the short war illusionThe American and Russian leaders have both launched failed wars. Will Xi Jinping learn the right lesson?Financial Times · 9 Nov, 12:24
• Donald Trump plans to meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China to discuss ending Iran warUS President Donald Trump said he would possibly meet with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China to discuss "denuclearisation" and how to end the Iran war.Euronews · 9 Nov, 07:08
• Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit moves closer to realityU.S. President Donald Trump said talks with China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were likely to be held at next week's APEC summit.The Japan Times · 9 Nov, 02:33

In this story: Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Xi Jinping · China · Russia · United States · Ukraine · Iran

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