US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold a historic trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, next week.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales announced the upcoming discussions, stating that the leaders of the world’s largest nuclear powers will focus primarily on the reduction of nuclear weapons. While Iran may also be addressed during the talks, Ukraine will not be on the agenda, and no formal agreements are anticipated to follow the meeting, according to a senior US official.
Trump’s Indo-Pacific tour will begin with an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines on Tuesday. He will then arrive in Shenzhen late Wednesday (Nov.11) for the two-day APEC summit, where he will hold bilateral talks with President Xi on Thursday (Nov.12) marking their fourth meeting since Trump returned to office in 2025. The visit will conclude with the trilateral summit between the US, Russian, and Chinese leaders.
The high-level meeting comes against the backdrop of the expiration of a major US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty in February, which left global nuclear arsenals without major guardrails. While the UN has urged the creation of a new framework, Trump has expressed his intention to pursue a broader agreement that incorporates China amid its growing nuclear arsenal. (Newswire/ BBC)
