China opposes discussing the Ukraine conflict at a possible Putin-Trump-Xi meeting in Shenzhen.
The leaders of Russia, the US and China may meet next week on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen. The format and agenda remain undecided.
Moscow hopes to discuss the Ukrainian settlement, while Washington is seeking a trilateral agreement to control nuclear weapons. Beijing is reportedly not interested in either issue, citing its significantly smaller nuclear arsenal compared to Russia and the US.
The Trump administration admitted that no nuclear agreement is expected from the meeting. Reuters notes that talks between the three powers and no other countries have caused concern in Kiev and Tokyo. The potential summit has been compared to the Yalta Conference in 1945.