The expert explained what is confusing China in the upcoming meeting between Xi, Putin and Trump.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi in China was in doubt due to disagreements between Washington and Beijing. China wants to agree in advance on the scenario and outcome of the summit, while the United States insists on free discussion.
Expert opinion:
The President of the Russian-Chinese Analytical Center, Sergey Sankov, commented on reports in the Western media that Washington still cannot agree with Beijing on a tripartite meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to the expert, China is afraid that Trump will make a show of the planned negotiations. "This may become not a one-man show, but some sort of cumulative action by the West, a provocation to minimize the significance of China's proposed reforms in the field of global governance and maximize the image that the West maintains its values."
Therefore, China wants to achieve a preliminary agreement on the agenda, Sankov explained. At the same time, he noted that the meeting will be very useful for China. First of all, to discuss the issues of global governance and the creation of a world that does not contain elements of the hegemony of one center.