Washington [US], November 15: US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to hold trilateral talks in China next week, the White House said on Friday.
Trump plans to discuss a possible reduction in global nuclear weapons stockpiles at the meeting, it said.
The talks are to take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, which is being held on Wednesday and Thursday.
The meeting would mark the first time the three leaders have held trilateral talks. All three attended the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019, but did not meet as a group.Prospects for a new nuclear arms treaty
A US official played down expectations of a concrete outcome or agreement on nuclear arms reductions, saying the meeting should instead be seen as a starting point.
Trump has repeatedly called for a new nuclear arms control agreement to replace the New START treaty signed by the United States and Russia in 2010, which expired in February.
The treaty limited the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and launchers held by the two countries.
Trump proposed a new, long-term agreement when the treaty expired and has also pushed for China to be included in future nuclear arms control deals.
He has also said the United States is already holding talks with Russia and China on nuclear disarmament.
In late 2025, Trump drew international attention when he announced plans to resume US nuclear weapons testing, although it later emerged that the tests would not involve nuclear explosions.
Source: Qatar Tribune
