The leaders will meet in Shenzhen next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a first-ever three-way meeting next Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to reports from Mint and News18. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said the president intends to discuss the reduction of global nuclear weapons, noting that he believes proliferation is very dangerous. Trump is also expected to raise the issue of the war in Iran during the talks, according to a senior US official.
US officials stated that the war in Ukraine is not expected to be discussed during this trilateral session. A senior official told reporters that Washington is using a separate track of negotiations with Moscow and Kyiv to address the Ukraine conflict, noting that China is not part of that process.
Trump is scheduled to have a bilateral working lunch and meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday, marking their fourth meeting since his return to power last year. He is not expected to have a separate one-on-one meeting with Putin.
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk will travel to China with Trump but will not participate in the meeting with the three leaders. The US also does not plan to discuss export controls on sensitive chip technology during the visit.
Trump will depart Washington on Monday and visit the Philippines on Tuesday for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit before heading to Shenzhen.
