US President Donald Trump expects to hold a tripartite meeting with the leaders of the Russian Federation and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, during which he intends to discuss nuclear weapons issues. This is what the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, said at a press conference after a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries.
"The president wants this meeting to take place if possible. We believe it is absolutely possible. And one of the topics that the president believes should be discussed is the situation with nuclear weapons in the world," he said.
According to Rubio, Washington is already preparing a possible negotiation and determining its format. The Secretary of State expressed hope that more information about the organization of the meeting will appear in the near future.
He also emphasized that the American leader considers the proliferation of nuclear weapons extremely dangerous and intends to pay special attention to this issue during possible negotiations.
It is assumed that the meeting of the leaders of the three countries may take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will be held on November 18-19 in Shenzhen, China. However, a final agreement on holding negotiations has not yet been reached.