Trump, Putin and Xi to Hold Landmark Trilateral Meeting at China Summit, White House Says

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are planning to meet on the sidelines of a summit in China next week, according to the White House.

The three leaders will hold the trilateral meeting while Trump attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen, White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters.

Wales said Trump has made clear that he intends to discuss reducing nuclear weapons worldwide, adding that the US president views nuclear proliferation as a serious danger.

Iran may also be on the agenda during the meeting of the world’s largest nuclear powers, though Ukraine is not expected to be discussed. Moscow and Beijing have not yet commented.

A senior unnamed US official told the Associated Press and Reuters that no agreement was expected to follow the talks.

Trump is due to arrive in Shenzhen late on Wednesday for the two-day summit of 21 member states. He will also hold bilateral talks with Xi on Thursday, their fourth meeting since Trump returned to office in 2025.

“President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People’s Republic of China, and the president of the Russian Federation,” Wales said.

She said the trip, which will also include an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in the Philippines on Tuesday, would “secure historic wins to the American people and advance America’s interests in the Indo Pacific.”

A US-Russia nuclear weapons control treaty expired in February, leaving the world’s largest nuclear arsenals without major safeguards and effectively ending the arms-control cooperation that helped bring the Cold War to a close.

The United Nations has urged both sides to agree a new framework without delay. Trump has said he could replace the deal with a better agreement that includes China, which has been expanding its arsenal.

Former senior US officials and analysts told the BBC at the time that securing cooperation from Beijing and Moscow could present major hurdles and take years.

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