The key facts
- Peskov: all three sides understand the expediency of a meeting between the leaders of Russia, the US and China
- The agenda has not been defined, there are no agreements on a summit
- The APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18–19 was earlier named as a possible venue
The Kremlin is open to a trilateral meeting of leaders
Russia, the US and China in principle allow for a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, but its agenda has not yet been agreed. Press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov told this to a correspondent of the Vesti news service.
Willingness exists, agenda does not
According to Peskov, all three sides understand the expediency of in-person talks between the leaders and are hypothetically ready to consider such a format. 'All three sides understand that it would be good to meet. All three sides have a hypothetical readiness to hold such a meeting. There is no clearly defined agenda right now; this still needs to be worked out,' Life.ru quotes him as saying. Thus, we are talking about the fundamental possibility of talks, not an agreed summit; the date and venue of the meeting have not been officially announced.
Possible venue — the APEC summit
One of the potential venues earlier named was the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, scheduled for November 18–19 in Shenzhen, China. There are still no agreements on holding trilateral talks on its sidelines. Peskov also considered it inappropriate to compare a possible meeting of the three leaders with the Yalta Conference.
Context: talks with Witkoff
Earlier, Life.ru reported that Vladimir Putin intends to discuss with US special envoy Steve Witkoff the possibility of meeting Donald Trump in China. The Russian leader noted that he has certain thoughts on this matter that he would like to share with the American envoy. In addition to possible talks with the head of the White House, the sides planned to touch on the Ukrainian settlement and the situation in the Persian Gulf.
