White House Confirms First-Ever Trump-Xi-Putin Trilateral in Shenzhen Next Thursday, Focused on Cutting Nuclear Arsenals

The White House confirmed on November 13 that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet jointly with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin next Thursday, November 19, on the sidelines of the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting in Shenzhen, China. It will be the first-ever trilateral meeting of the leaders of the United States, China and Russia, and the talks will focus on reducing nuclear weapons.

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters that Trump will conclude his trip to China with the trilateral meeting with Xi and Putin. She said Trump has made clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, a proliferation he believes is very dangerous.

A senior U.S. official told reporters in a briefing that the United States does not expect to reach any kind of agreement at the meeting, describing it as an entry point and the first leader-level conversation among the three countries on nuclear matters. The official said the three leaders also plan to discuss Iran. Elon Musk is expected to travel with Trump, the official said, but is not expected to attend the trilateral meeting.

The meeting comes after the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, New START, expired in February, removing caps on the world's two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than half a century. Trump at the time rejected a Russian call to extend the two-country deal for another year and called for a new agreement that includes China. Beijing's arsenal has grown to more than 600 warheads, according to Pentagon estimates, expanding faster than any other country's, while the United States and Russia each hold more than 5,000 warheads, and China has previously shown little interest in joining trilateral disarmament talks.

The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen on November 18-19, chaired by Xi and bringing together the leaders of 21 economies. Trump told reporters on November 8 that one of his meetings on this trip would likely be with Putin and Xi, and China's Foreign Ministry said earlier that it was in communication with the relevant parties on the arrangements for a trilateral meeting. The White House confirmation means the unprecedented gathering is now set.

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(Source: White House)

Source: White House

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