What happened
The White House has announced that Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping plan to meet in China next week during the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Shenzhen. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said the meeting would take place late in the week as Trump attends the two-day gathering of 21 member states.
Wales said Trump intends to discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons worldwide, describing proliferation as very dangerous. Iran may also be raised during the talks, but Ukraine is not expected to be discussed.
No agreement is expected to follow the meeting, according to an unnamed senior US official cited by AP and Reuters. Moscow and Beijing have yet to comment on the plans.
Trump will arrive in Shenzhen late on Wednesday and will also hold bilateral talks with Xi on Thursday, their fourth meeting since Trump returned to office in 2025. The US president will attend an Association of South-east Asian Nations summit in the Philippines on Tuesday before traveling to China.
A US-Russia nuclear weapons control treaty expired in February, leaving the world's largest nuclear arsenals without major guardrails. The UN has urged both sides to agree on a new framework without delay.
