Trump says he is open to a trilateral denuclearization summit with Xi and Putin in China
Summary
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is open to a three-way meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to China next month, with denuclearization on the agenda rather than Ukraine. Trump is expected to travel to China in mid-November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting in Shenzhen. He said the proposed meeting was his own suggestion and that he would hold it if Xi wants it. Axios reports that the Kremlin has floated such a summit since July, that Putin raised it in two phone calls with Trump including one last week, and that the Chinese government has not expressed willingness to hold it. Axios also reports that Putin and Xi have shown little openness to the idea so far. NDTV reports that Trump defended his recent diesel deal with Putin and his decision to waive new sanctions on Moscow.
Timeline
Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reports Trump said a meeting would be scheduled based on denuclearisation, which he called a very positive thing for the world.
Axios
Source ↗Axios reports Trump wants a trilateral summit with Xi and Putin in China next month to discuss denuclearization rather than necessarily Ukraine, and that the Chinese government has not shown willingness to hold such a summit.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗The South China Morning Post reports Trump said he was open to a three-way meeting with Xi and Putin during his China visit next month, with nuclear weapons on the agenda, and that the proposal was his suggestion.
NDTV
Source ↗NDTV reports Trump said he is ready to meet Putin and Xi in China next month, and defended his recent diesel deal with Putin and his decision to waive new sanctions on Moscow.
POLITICO
Source ↗POLITICO reports Trump told reporters such a meeting would focus on denuclearization, not the war in Ukraine as Moscow had suggested earlier.
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