Trump, Xi and Putin Plan Unprecedented Three-Way Meeting at APEC in Shenzhen
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The White House confirmed Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China. The gathering would bring together the leaders of the world’s three largest nuclear powers. A senior U.S. official said Trump plans to discuss the war with Iran and nuclear arms, but not Ukraine; the official said no agreements are expected to be announced.
The meeting comes after the last U.S.-Russia nuclear arms pact, New START, expired in February, ending limits on the two countries’ arsenals for the first time in more than half a century. Trump rejected Russia’s proposal to extend the bilateral deal for a year and called for a “new, improved and modernized” agreement that includes China. Pentagon estimates cited in the article put China’s stockpile at more than 600 warheads, compared with more than 5,000 each for the United States and Russia. Analysts expect the talks to carry more symbolic than substantive weight, and Beijing has shown little interest in a nuclear pact.
The Shenzhen meeting is intended as the “beginning of hopefully a conversation” on nuclear disarmament, according to the senior U.S. official, rather than a venue for immediate agreements. Whether China engages in further discussions on a trilateral arms arrangement remains unresolved. The official described the meeting as an opportunity for Beijing to take part in a matter of international importance.
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