The White House said on Friday that US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold the first-ever three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China next week. The meeting is set to take place in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
According to US officials, Trump intends to raise the reduction of nuclear weapons and the war in Iran at the talks. The Russia-Ukraine war is not expected to be discussed in that setting. Trump is also due to hold a bilateral working lunch and meeting with Xi on Thursday, while no separate one-on-one with Putin is scheduled.
Trump will leave Washington on Monday and attend the ASEAN summit in the Philippines on Tuesday before travelling to Shenzhen.
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BBC
Summary written by Colombo Today from reporting by BBC.
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