White House confirms Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit in China, Iran and nuclear arms on agenda

The White House confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that US President Donald Trump will hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Shenzhen, China. The war in Iran and reducing nuclear arsenals are on the agenda. Ukraine is excluded from the talks, with a separate track for those discussions.

The White House confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that US President Donald Trump will hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming visit to China. The meeting will take place toward the end of Trump's visit to Shenzhen, following his bilateral meeting with Xi on Thursday afternoon, November 19. The war in Iran and the possibility of reducing the three countries' nuclear arsenals are among the issues on the agenda. White House Assistant Press Secretary Olivia Wales stated that Trump believes nuclear proliferation is very dangerous. Senior US officials cautioned that the administration does not expect the first meeting to produce a nuclear arms control agreement, describing it as an entry point. A senior US official confirmed Trump intends to raise the war in Iran but does not plan to discuss the war in Ukraine in the same forum, noting a separate track for Ukraine talks. The official also said there is no separate bilateral meeting scheduled between Trump and Putin. Elon Musk is expected to accompany Trump during portions of the China visit, but will not participate in the trilateral summit or bilateral meeting with Xi.