The key facts

  • Marco Rubio: there is a desire for the meeting, it needs to be properly arranged
  • The US plans to raise nuclear issues
  • In September, Peskov allowed for a meeting at the APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18–19

Preparations for the meeting continue

Preparations for a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are underway, and good news on this front may appear soon. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose remarks were cited by Gazeta.Ru with reference to TASS. There is a desire to hold this meeting. We are working to organize and properly arrange it, the news outlet quoted the secretary of state as saying.

What is planned to be discussed and where the meeting could take place

According to Rubio, at a potential meeting of the leaders of the three countries, the US hopes to discuss nuclear issues. In September, press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskovspoke about where and when such a meeting could take place: he confirmed that a trilateral meeting could be held in the near future at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, scheduled for November 18–19 in Shenzhen, China. Thus, as of mid-November there is still no concrete confirmation of the format or timing — Rubio speaks only of work on organizing the meeting, without naming either a venue or a date.