The leaders of the United States, Russia, and China are preparing for their first-ever trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen next week. President Trump intends to discuss nuclear arms reduction and the Iran conflict.
On 14 Nov 2026 GMT+7, the U.S. White House announced that President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in a historic first trilateral meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, southern China, on Thursday next week.
A White House spokesperson stated that President Trump wants to discuss reducing global nuclear weapons, viewing nuclear proliferation as extremely dangerous. Trump also plans to raise the Iran conflict with the Chinese and Russian leaders. However, the Russia-Ukraine war will not be discussed as the U.S. maintains separate negotiation channels with both Ukraine and Russia to seek conflict resolution. Recently, U.S. representatives held talks with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
On the sidelines, Trump is scheduled to have lunch and a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday, marking their fourth meeting since Trump returned to office last year. However, there are currently no plans for a private meeting between Trump and Putin.
Trump is set to depart Washington on Monday and arrive in the Philippines on Tuesday to attend the ASEAN summit before proceeding to Shenzhen, China. White House officials also confirmed that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will travel with Trump's delegation to China but will not participate in the trilateral leaders' meeting.
Source: AFP