The White House confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping will convene for a landmark summit in Shenzhen next week—the first-ever trilateral gathering of their nations’ leaders.
The meeting will take place at a summit in Shenzhen next week, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Trump wants to discuss reducing nuclear arsenals and his war in Iran during the talks.
According to the White House, Trump will bring up the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, which he believes is a very dangerous proliferation. However, he is not expected to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine, as the US has a separate track of negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow.
Olivia Wales, White House spokeswoman, told reporters that the president has made it clear that he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons among other topics. A senior US official added that Trump does intend to talk about Iran in the trilateral meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
Trump will also hold a bilateral working lunch and meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday, their fourth meeting since the US president’s return to power last year. However, Trump is not scheduled to have a separate one-on-one meeting with Putin.
Elon Musk, Tesla and Space X boss, will accompany Trump on his trip to China but won’t be involved in the meeting with Xi and Putin. The officials also stated that Jensen Huang’s resignation over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy is not expected to come up in Trump’s meetings with Xi.
The United States does not plan to discuss export controls on sensitive chip technology, which were at the heart of the Nvidia scandal. A US senior official said that these are national security matters that are developed in the administration and are not expected to figure in any conversations with the Chinese.
Trump will leave Washington on Monday and arrive in the Philippines on Tuesday for the ASEAN summit before heading to Shenzhen. The meeting between the three leaders is expected to be a significant event, with potential implications for global relations and security.
