China confirms talks about Xi Jinping's meeting with Trump and Putin China said it is in contact with the United States and Russia regarding the meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit, writes Bloomberg. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in a press briefing that China "maintains relations with interested parties", reports Xinhua. In a meeting with Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg, Putin suggested that Trump and Xi Jinping hold a trilateral summit to discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal's sources said that Putin proposed to hold negotiations during the November 18-19 APEC summit in Shenzhen.