US President Donald Trump, Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin may hold a trilateral meeting for the first time in history.
Modern.az reports that the leaders' meeting is planned within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in Shenzhen, China. The White House announced this.
The main topic of the meeting will be nuclear disarmament. According to CNN, Donald Trump also intends to discuss the US war against Iran with the Russian and Chinese leaders.
However, according to a high-ranking American official, the issue of Ukraine is not planned to be raised during the talks.
The White House does not expect concrete agreements to be reached immediately from the meeting. Washington considers this contact as the beginning of a dialogue on nuclear disarmament.
It should be noted that the last agreement between the US and Russia on the limitation of strategic nuclear weapons – START-III (New START) expired in February of this year.
Donald Trump had previously rejected Moscow's proposal to extend the agreement for another year. He stated the importance of developing a new agreement, including China.
According to Pentagon estimates, China has more than 600 nuclear warheads. The US and Russia each have more than 5,000 nuclear warheads.
Beijing has not shown serious interest in concluding an agreement on limiting nuclear arsenals to date.
