White House announces trilateral meeting between Trump, Xi, and Putin in China
The White House has announced a historic trilateral summit between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin during the APEC summit in Shenzhen.
US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, according to the White House.
The unprecedented trilateral meeting is expected to focus primarily on nuclear disarmament and reducing global atomic stockpiles. Discussions may also extend to the Middle East conflict and Iran, though reports indicate the war in Ukraine will not be on the agenda.
While Washington confirmed the scheduling, neither Beijing nor Moscow has officially ratified the meeting, despite acknowledging ongoing preliminary talks in recent weeks. The summit marks a notable diplomatic engagement for Putin on the world stage, although observers broadly view significant substantive breakthroughs as unlikely.
Sources: Le Monde, Libération, RTBF Info, ORF, Tagesschau
How outlets assessed this
- Libération Skeptical Emphasized that the historic meeting is unlikely to produce concrete results beyond symbolic photo opportunities.
- RTBF Info Cautious Highlights the summit as a major step in Vladimir Putin's return to the international diplomatic stage.
- Libération Skeptical Frames the event primarily as a historic photo opportunity unlikely to yield concrete results.
Sources
- ORF — Weißes Haus: Treffen mit Xi und Putin nächste Woche
- Le Monde — La Maison Blanche annonce une rencontre trilatérale entre Donald Trump, Vladimir Poutine et Xi Jinping, jeudi en Chine
- Tagesschau — Weißes Haus kündigt Dreiertreffen von Trump mit Putin und Xi an
- Libération — Trump, Xi et Poutine se réuniront pour la première fois la semaine prochaine
- RTBF Info — Trump, Xi et Poutine se réuniront jeudi pour un sommet inédit - RTBF Actus
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