Kremlin: Putin, Trump And Xi To Meet On November 19
The White House also confirms the meeting, which would be unprecedented; Washington says nuclear arms and the Iran war are on the agenda, and no agreements are expected
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The presidents of Russia, the United States and China will meet on November 19 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the Kremlin said.
The White House confirmed on Friday that President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen that day, in what would be the first meeting of the three leaders together.
China is hosting the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen on November 18 and 19, with 21 economies taking part.
The White House says Trump will first hold a working lunch and bilateral meeting with Xi on November 19, followed by the three-way meeting, and he will not hold a separate bilateral with Putin, according to reports.
The Associated Press, citing a senior US official, reported that Trump plans to discuss the war against Iran with Xi and Putin, and that the meeting is meant to be the “beginning of hopefully a conversation” on nuclear disarmament, with no agreements expected.
New START, the last US-Russian nuclear arms treaty, expired in February, and Trump has rejected Moscow’s proposal to extend it for another year, according to the reports.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said any agreements in Shenzhen cannot be imposed on other countries and that the global order must rest on “mutual benefit and mutual respect.” Beijing said earlier this month that it was in discussions with the parties on the meeting, but no agenda was announced.
Trump said on November 9 that he expected to meet Xi and Putin and to discuss “denuclearization” and the Iran war.
The idea of a trilateral meeting was first discussed by Putin and Trump in a phone call in September, according to the Kremlin. Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times since 2013, and Trump and Putin seven times, most recently in Alaska in August 2025, according to AP.