The key facts
- The APEC summit will take place in November in Shenzhen; Putin plans to attend
- The final schedule of the leader's meetings has not yet been formed
- The Kremlin has allowed for a trilateral meeting of Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping, but there are no details
Putin's meeting schedule at APEC not yet determined
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that President Vladimir Putin's meetings with foreign leaders at the upcoming APEC summit in China are being coordinated. The statement was made at a meeting between the minister and university graduates who have recently joined the diplomatic service.
Summit in Shenzhen in November
The APEC forum will be held in November in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. According to Lavrov, Putin will attend the summit. “In November — the APEC summit in Shenzhen (PRC). Russian President Vladimir Putin is going there. Talks are currently underway about the configuration of high-level contacts. All of this is being worked out. It will be announced in due time,” Life.ru quotes the minister as saying. The final schedule of high-level contacts has not yet been formed.
Possible trilateral meeting
Earlier, Life.ru reported, citing the Kremlin, that a trilateral meeting between Putin, US President Donald Trump and PRC Chairman Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit is being considered. Press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov confirmed that such an idea was mentioned during contacts, but no specific proposals have been received yet. The organizational details and agenda of the possible summit, according to the outlet, have not been agreed.
