Beijing does not want to include a discussion of Ukraine in the agenda of the negotiations between Trump, Xi and Putin. Reuters.
The fierce competition for a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet resulted in an agenda or format for the talks, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
Moscow was keen to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, but Beijing resisted including the issue on the agenda. On Friday, a US official said Trump was unlikely to raise the issue of Ukraine and that trilateral talks were not the appropriate forum to do so.