US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet next week in a historic meeting in China. The White House confirmed that the meeting will take place next Thursday in Shenzhen. This is the first tripartite meeting between the heads of state of the USA, Russia, and China.
The discussions are expected to focus on reducing global nuclear weapon stockpiles and Iran, but not on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. A high-ranking US government representative explained that Trump will not address the war in Ukraine. Washington is pursuing a completely different negotiation line regarding Kyiv and Moscow, in which China is not truly a part.
The US official also dampened expectations that the discussion on nuclear weapons could yield concrete results. Instead, the meeting is to be seen as an introduction. Trump had repeatedly brought a new disarmament treaty into play after the New Start Treaty between Russia and the USA expired earlier this year. Elon Musk is reportedly accompanying the US President on the trip to China, but will not participate in the talks.
