Trump, Xi and Putin to Hold First Three-Way Summit in Shenzhen
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U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, marking the first trilateral summit of the three leaders.
Leaders of the United States, China and Russia are scheduled to hold an unprecedented three-way meeting next week, the White House announced. U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will convene on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China’s technology hub, according to a White House assistant press secretary.
The talks come nine months after the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between Washington and Moscow expired, leaving the two nuclear-armed powers without a cap on their arsenals for the first time in more than five decades. Trump has said the summit offers a chance to negotiate a new agreement on nuclear stockpiles that would also involve China.
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that “we do not expect to get to any kind of agreement,” describing the meeting as the start of a conversation. Another senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump plans to discuss the war in Iran with Xi and Putin but will avoid the topic of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the meeting “extremely significant” but rejected comparisons to the 1945 Yalta Conference, noting that any agreements reached in Shenzhen could not be imposed on other parties. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that the summit could become a venue for discussing a Ukraine settlement without Kyiv’s involvement.
Elon Musk is expected to travel with Trump to China but will not attend the trilateral talks, and Trump is not slated to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the Asia-Pacific trip.