White House says Trump to meet with Putin, Xi Jinping in China

President Trump intends to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit, which will take place in Shenzhen on November 18-19, a White House spokesperson told reporters.


Reuters and the Associated Press quoted the spokesperson as saying that Trump wants to discuss nuclear arms reduction during the meeting. "We do not expect to get to any kind of agreement," a US official said. According to him, Trump plans to focus on Iran rather than Ukraine. The spokesperson added that a meeting between the US and Chinese leaders is scheduled for November 19. The official noted that no separate talks between Putin and Trump are expected.


Earlier, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow, Beijing, and Washington are exchanging views on the agenda for a potential trilateral meeting at the APEC summit between the leaders of Russia, the US, and China.