Andrea Innocenti US President Donald Trump , Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin could sit down together in Shenzhen , southern China . The meeting would take place on the sidelines of the APEC summit , scheduled for November 18 and 19. According to a White House announcement , the talks would be trilateral.
Trump plans face-to-face meeting with Xi and Putin
On Sunday, November 8 , Trump told reporters, before returning to Washington from Florida, that he considered a meeting with Xi and Putin during the APEC summit likely. The president declared that the trip to China is confirmed. Among the topics discussed were denuclearization and an end to the war in Iran . He called the meeting interesting , without going into details.
Back in October, Trump had said he was open to trilateral arms control talks with Xi and Putin, with denuclearization at the center. The Wall Street Journal later reported that Putin had proposed a three-way meeting to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine at the center of the possible agreement
In an interview with CBS 's 60 Minutes program , Trump said he believes an agreement is close. He spoke of a Ukraine with a slightly different shape , without providing details on borders or conditions.