From L: US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping/File photos
WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of an upcoming summit in China next week, the White House has announced.
The unprecedented meeting involving the leaders of the United States, Russia, and China will take place during Trump’s participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, southern China, White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters.
Wales said Trump intended to discuss several issues, including reducing the world’s nuclear weapons stockpiles, which he considers a serious global threat.
Iran is also expected to feature in discussions among the leaders of the world’s major nuclear powers, although Ukraine is reportedly not on the agenda. Russia has confirmed the planned meeting, while China has yet to make an official comment.
However, a senior US official, speaking anonymously, told news agencies AP and Reuters that the talks were not expected to produce any formal agreement.
Trump is scheduled to arrive in Shenzhen late Wednesday for the two-day gathering of leaders from the 21 APEC member economies. He is also expected to hold bilateral talks with Xi on Thursday, marking their fourth meeting since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.
“President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People’s Republic of China, and the president of the Russian Federation,” Wales said.
Before travelling to China, Trump will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines on Tuesday. Wales said the president’s Asian tour was aimed at securing significant achievements for Americans and advancing US interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
The planned meeting comes amid growing concerns over global nuclear security following the expiration of a major nuclear arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow in February. The treaty’s expiry has left the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals without significant bilateral restrictions, effectively ending decades of arms control cooperation that helped ease Cold War tensions.
The United Nations has urged both countries to negotiate a new agreement without delay. Trump, however, has suggested that the expired treaty could be replaced with a more comprehensive arrangement involving China, which has been expanding its nuclear arsenal.
Former senior US officials and analysts previously told the BBC that bringing Beijing and Moscow together under a new nuclear arms control framework could prove difficult and potentially take several years, given the complexities involved in securing cooperation from all three countries.
Publish Date : 15 November 2026 07:08 AM
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