Trump, Putin and Xi to Hold Trilateral Talks at APEC Summit in Shenzhen

The leaders of the United States, Russia and China are set to meet next week on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China. The Kremlin confirmed on Sunday that a trilateral meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping has been agreed for 19 November, following an earlier announcement by the White House.

According to White House spokesperson Olivia Wales, the US president "has made clear that, among other topics, he will discuss reducing nuclear weapons in the world, the spread of which President Trump considers very dangerous." The three leaders are also expected to touch on the situation in Iran, but not the war in Ukraine, unnamed senior US officials told AP and Reuters.

No agreement is expected to result from the talks, the officials said. The meeting will take place during Trump's participation in the two-day summit of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Trump is due to arrive in Shenzhen late on Wednesday. On Thursday, he will hold separate bilateral talks with Xi Jinping, their fourth encounter since Trump returned to office in 2025.

The trilateral meeting would cap Trump's trip, which also includes attending the ASEAN summit in the Philippines on Tuesday. Wales said the journey "will guarantee historic successes for the American people and advance American interests in the Indo-Pacific region."

The planned talks come after the nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia expired in February, leaving the world's largest nuclear arsenals without key oversight mechanisms and effectively ending cooperation that helped resolve the Cold War. The UN has urged both sides to agree on a new framework without delay. Trump has said the expired treaty could be replaced by a better deal that includes China, which is expanding its own arsenal.