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Russia, US and China acknowledge possible leaders’ meeting
Russia, the United States and China say a leaders’ meeting is possible, but they have not agreed to hold one.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there is no clear plan or agenda for such a meeting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the possibility of talks on the sidelines of an APEC summit in China would depend largely on the host.
Peskov said the idea would be discussed if all three leaders attend the summit.
Putin said meeting to exchange views is useful.
Whether the leaders meet remains uncertain, and the next step would be discussions if they are all at the summit.
Russia, the United States and China acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of a trilateral leaders’ meeting, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
No meeting has been agreed, and there is no clear understanding of its agenda.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the possibility of meeting on the sidelines of an APEC summit depends largely on the host.
Peskov said the possibility would be discussed if all three leaders attended the summit in China.
- Who
- Russia, the United States and China; the leaders would be Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
- What
- They acknowledge the possibility of a trilateral leaders’ meeting, but no meeting has been agreed.
- When
- No date has been set. The proposed meeting could take place on the sidelines of an APEC summit.
- Where
- At an APEC summit in China.
- Why
- Putin said it is useful to meet and exchange views. No agenda has been agreed.
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Peskov said Putin and Trump had discussed the possibility of a Russia-US-China trilateral summit on the sidelines of APEC.
Peskov allowed for a meeting of the leaders but did not say whether it would be trilateral.
China said it did not have information about such a meeting.
Putin said he supported a trilateral meeting with the US and Chinese presidents and said it needed an agenda.
- Countries
- Russia, the United States and China
- Russian president
- Vladimir Putin
- US president
- Donald Trump
- Chinese president
- Xi Jinping
- Proposed venue
- APEC summit in China
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What people are saying
There is no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such a meeting taking place,