White House says Trump will hold a first-ever trilateral meeting with Xi and Putin in Shenzhen, with nuclear weapons reduction on the agenda

By Julian Westerly

WASHINGTON — The White House said Friday that President Trump will hold a first-ever three-way meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, with the reduction of nuclear weapons on his agenda.

“The president has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters, according to the BBC. “President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People’s Republic of China, and the president of the Russian Federation,” she said. Wales said the trip would “secure historic wins to the American people and advance America’s interests in the Indo Pacific.”