Trump will meet with Putin and Xi in China: the issue of nuclear proliferation is on the agenda. The New York Times. The US president is not expected to raise the issue of Russia's war in Ukraine. A White House spokeswoman confirmed that President Trump will hold a joint meeting with the leader of China and the president of Russia during a summit in Shenzhen next week. This will be the first tripartite meeting of the three leaders. At the meeting, Trump plans to discuss the war against Iran, but is not expected to raise the issue of Russia's war in Ukraine. According to a senior US official quoted by NBC News, Trump intends to discuss the war with Iran with the two leaders, but not the war in Ukraine, because the discussion of the war in Ukraine is a separate issue in which China has no involvement, and therefore it would be "inappropriate". White House press secretary Olivia Wills said Trump would also address the threat of nuclear proliferation. The nuclear arms control agreement with Russia expired in February. "The president made it clear that, among other things, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, which President Trump's proliferation considers to be extremely dangerous," Wales said. Administration officials said they did not expect agreements on nuclear proliferation and characterized the talks as a starting point. A bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin is not planned, an American official told The Wall Street Journal. For the Kremlin, the planned tripartite meeting is a welcome opportunity to assert itself as a superpower on par with Washington and Beijing.

Trump will meet with Putin and Xi in China: the issue of nuclear proliferation is on the agenda. The New York Times. The US president is not expected to raise the issue of Russia's war in Ukraine. A White House spokeswoman confirmed that President Trump will hold a joint meeting with the leader of China and the president of Russia during a summit in Shenzhen next week. This will be the first tripartite meeting of the three leaders. At the meeting, Trump plans to discuss the war against Iran, but is not expected to raise the issue of Russia's war in Ukraine. According to a senior US official quoted by NBC News, Trump intends to discuss the war with Iran with the two leaders, but not the war in Ukraine, because the discussion of the war in Ukraine is a separate issue in which China has no involvement, and therefore it would be "inappropriate". White House press secretary Olivia Wills said Trump would also address the threat of nuclear proliferation. The nuclear arms control agreement with Russia expired in February. "The president made it clear that, among other things, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, which President Trump's proliferation considers to be extremely dangerous," Wales said. Administration officials said they did not expect agreements on nuclear proliferation and characterized the talks as a starting point. A bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin is not planned, an American official told The Wall Street Journal. For the Kremlin, the planned tripartite meeting is a welcome opportunity to assert itself as a superpower on par with Washington and Beijing.