Trump to discuss Iran with Xi and Putin at first China trilateral summit

The White House announced that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of an APEC summit in Shenzhen, China. The meeting will be the first trilateral gathering of its kind, with the Iranian issue on the agenda.

Hilal Times Editorial DeskNovember 14, 2026, 10:34 AMUpdated: November 14, 2026, 10:59 AM

Trump to discuss Iran with Xi and Putin at first China trilateral summit

White House Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Wiles said President Donald Trump will travel to the Philippines and then China early next week, where he will hold a trilateral meeting with Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit in Shenzhen.

She said Trump would discuss, among other issues, reducing nuclear weapons, whose spread she described as "extremely dangerous." He will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Chinese president on Thursday afternoon.

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Iran on the agenda, Ukraine absent

A senior U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said Trump plans to discuss the Iranian issue with Xi and Putin, while Ukraine is not on the agenda. The official added that Washington does not expect any agreement to be reached, describing the meeting as a "starting point" for the first leaders-level meeting between the three countries.

The official said China has "the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world" and that the time had come for Beijing to sit at the "table of the major powers." Earlier this month, the Kremlin announced that Russia, the United States and China were exchanging views on the agenda for a possible meeting during the summit scheduled for November 18 and 19.

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