Talks underway for Trump-Xi-Putin meeting, China says
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Beijing is in discussions with Moscow and Washington to prepare a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. and Russian counterparts Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said Wednesday. The trilateral meeting would take place during the APEC summit hosted by China in Shenzhen on Nov.
18-19, which the three leaders are expected to attend. “China is in communication with relevant parties regarding a meeting between the three heads of state,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters in a press briefing. Mao did not elaborate on which topics the leaders would cover if they convene, amid fears in Europe that talks on ending the war in Ukraine could take place without Kyiv or European capitals at the table .
Trump last month indicated interest in discussing “denuclearization” in a trilateral meeting, but “not so much” Ukraine.
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