Meeting of US, Chinese and Russian leaders: China’s Foreign Ministry confirms talks on trilateral summit
Beijing is holding consultations with US and Russian representatives about a trilateral summit of the leaders on the sidelines of next week’s APEC meeting in Shenzhen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a briefing, Censor.NET reports, citing Ukrinform.
New details
"China is in contact with the relevant parties about a meeting of the heads of state of China, the United States and Russia," Guo said.
The spokesperson added that he had no further information at this point on whether the trilateral meeting would take place.
The APEC summit, an annual meeting of leaders from more than 20 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, will take place in Shenzhen, China, on November 18–19. Its members include the United States, China, Japan, Canada and Russia.
Background
- Earlier reports said Russia was proposing a trilateral summit in November involving US President Donald Trump, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
- Rubio confirmed that a meeting between Trump, Xi and Putin had been discussed.
- China’s Foreign Ministry said it had no information about a possible meeting between Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
