Kremlin: Putin, Xi, and Trump to Hold Meeting in China Next Thursday - Sarmad
The Kremlin and the White House confirm a meeting of the leaders of Russia, China, and the United States in Shenzhen to discuss nuclear issues and the war with Iran.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
(Agencies) – The Russian news agency TASS quoted a Kremlin spokesperson on Saturday as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a trilateral meeting in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on Thursday, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit.
The White House announced on Friday that President Trump would meet with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, on the upcoming Thursday in Shenzhen, southern China, in the first trilateral meeting of its kind among the leaders of the three countries, on the sidelines of the APEC summit.
White House spokesperson Olivia Wilds said that Trump intends to raise the issue of nuclear arsenal reductions during the meeting. She added that the U.S. president considers the global proliferation of nuclear weapons a grave threat and wants to discuss ways to curb it.
The talks are also expected to address the war with Iran, as a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said Trump plans to raise this file during his meeting with Xi and Putin.
Conversely, the official ruled out discussing the war in Ukraine, noting that Washington follows a separate diplomatic track with Kyiv and Moscow, and that China is not a party to it.
Trump is also scheduled to hold a working lunch and a bilateral meeting with the Chinese president on Thursday, which will be the fourth such meeting between the two since Trump returned to the White House last year. A separate bilateral meeting with Putin is not expected.
Regarding U.S.-China relations, U.S. administration officials ruled out that the issue of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation, stemming from his relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, would be raised during the talks.
They also confirmed that Washington does not intend to discuss controls on the export of advanced electronic chips, considering them matters related to U.S. national security.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will accompany Trump on his trip to China, but he will not participate in the trilateral meeting.
The U.S. president is scheduled to depart Washington on Monday for the Philippines, where he will participate on Tuesday in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, before heading to Shenzhen.
